Where Gorgone adds two half hitches, you could add more to bring the yuki knot more center between the two cuffs and load them more evenly. Give that a try and let us know how it goes! If you're not on Discord yet, you could also join our members only Discord space. It's a great place to ask questions like these. The community there is super helpful and it's nice to be able to share pics as well. 

We would love to hear advice from other self suspenders here! This would also be a great question to ask the folks in Discord. Are you a part of that space yet? So much great advice on adaptations over there. Something you could try would be to friction the top wraps into the diagonal passes of rope that are opening up your diamonds. So bringing the rope around the body and into the diamond, pulling the diamond open, and then half hitching around the first diagonal pass and the top wrap as you come back around the body. This might create some uncomfortable pressure points, but if you experiment with it, let us know how it goes either here or on Discord! 

Great question! The answer really is to talk with your bottom and figure out what works for them. A few landmarks you could use though for initial experimentation: try placing the top wrap below the shoulder blades and also below the tip top of the armpit on the back and front (so you can see where the skin of the arm/armpit meets the upper body on both sides. You could also use the base of the deltoid as a landmark and try placing a top wrap there initially. Anna Bones also has a few tips for laying your top wrap in her Forms and Ropes class.

Notice in the Hip Loader that the place where the rope would naturally want to cross is very far forward relative to where we want the friction to go, so pre-crossing isn't so ideal here. In the Hip Harness, the rope naturally crosses itself right where we're building our friction, which makes this an ideal choice in this instance. 

Thanks for your questions! The simple answer is that we usually go over to make a munter hitch (and under to make an X friction). It's not strictly necessary to do it this way, but if you reversed either of those things you would get a friction that looks different than what you're used to, as you'd be looking at the "backside" of it.The answer your question about crossing your ropes in the leg wrap is related to the above answer. Gorgone's Hip Harness uses X frictions at the thigh. It's often easier to "pre-cross" your ropes when making X frictions, otherwise you finish a cuff and then need to go over one pass and under the stem, whereas if you pre-cross, your running line comes around the body right next to the stem and you get to have control over precisely where the cross happens. 

You’re definitely encouraged to lab whatever ideas this video inspires! Likely you’ll find that using a basket tie will create more stability, less choice between standing up vs laying on belly rope, and therefore less of a “predicament” experience for your bottom.

Hi! You can find a yuki fix tutorial here: Basic Knots Tutorial by Anna Bones | Shibari Study

Yes, these are suspendable forms and attaching to the top wrap with a tight epsilon that splits the friction of the main stem is an appropriate choice. You can also attach a secondary suspension line to the wrists (in addition to the top wrap) to change the position of the arms, which often helps with blood flow.

It’s good to note that both of these arm binders offer minimal chest support, and if your bottom finds this uncomfortable you could consider adding supportive wraps around the ribs as you see here: Diamond Strappado Tutorial | Shibari Study

Not yet! The tutorial for this particular futomomo pattern is forthcoming :)

Cassondra Evans The length used here is 8m, but you might find that that's not enough or too long depending on your body type. We recommend trying the tie with different lengths of rope to see what works best for you!