Bondage

Though there are places where I would use this and places where I wouldn't I think that this knot is a very valuable one. Great for when you want a knot that is positively uncollapsible but by the same token not one to use when you want something that can be undone under tension.

The most basic and most commonly screwed up of basic knots. The classic beginning to the takatekote or gote shibari.

How to tie a fast bowline suitable for the beginning of a boxtie.

Nimuri Shibar or the 'sleepy tie' I wanted to come up with something you could tie in bed, face down without having to struggle rope under a body. This was the result. Thanks to my friend Kinoko Hajime for correcting my bad Japanese on the title. And thanks to everyone [...]