Hi everyone, just wanted to say hi 😊

I was always a bottom, but this year I started to top and I think I'm starting to like it a lot more than I thought I would. 😊

How did you guys get into rope and what does it give you (question is valid for both tops and bottoms)? Would love to hear your answers.

First rope oil prototype just came in:) loving the look and feel so far. Will still be a little while before these hit the shop but wanted to share cause we’re excited and it’s really good to see more than a year of work finally result in something ‘touchable’ 🥸☝️

Thoughts on this one guys ?

Hi everyone! I’m Anoxia, or Nox for short. I’m a they/them human currently living in Chicago, and I’ve been pretty intense about rope since I came across it in 2015. Really excited to be a part of this community space!

A bit about me: I’m a rope switch, and I started out on the tying side of things. While I’ve been tying for a decade, I started bottoming to rope very regularly this last year. I’ve been lucky enough to study with so many brilliant educators from the US, Europe, and Japan. For the last two years, I’ve been making a living teaching rope workshops and private lessons in the US, and working at Shibari Study. On the team, I’m responsible for our partnerships and events— there’s lots of exciting things to come in 2026!

I’m always around for conversations about bodies and anatomy and nerves, and for discussions about running spaces and events. 😊 Lovely to meet you all!

Hi Everyone

I am Brian.

I’ve been tying for about 8 months. I mostly self tie or work with a dojo doll as I don’t have a rope partner.

As I self tie and work into self suspension, I’ve found some chest and hip harnesses that work for me. I am struggling with a futo that works with my limited flexibility and doesn’t fall apart (moves too much towards my knee) in suspension.

Thank you for creating this space that is so supportive of us newbies and includes such a diversity of instructors and models.

Here is my attempt at Kinoko’s Maete Harness with added crotch rope to use up excess rope.

Hi everyone,

I’m Zero.

I have been doing rope play for a week. Attending my first class tonight, but once a week is not enough for a real foundational base; or a deep rope special interest (I just really like ropes generally).

Right now, I’m still finding aesthetic finishing tricky - as you can see in the picture, I got to the end of this tie and went 🤷🏻 and just bound the feet.

This was my first tie 🎀 yesterday.

From my perspective, it the communication that is the first thing to work on with partner work.

Being able to communicate through “does the tension feel symmetrical?”, “is there anything that is taking you out of the experience?” *lifts up to mock suspension* “ If we were suspending, where would most of the load be put and would this be too uncomfortable for you?”

Even though this was a platonic lab session, the agency for them to express ‘tighter’, I could see was doing something for them.

So, thanks for starting this community.

Hope to share more as it comes.