Hair Bondage

Hair Bondage

Hair bondage is a fun way to control your submissive or bottom. With the hair bound, you can use the ropes like a leash, directing where they can look.

Or you can tie the ropes to something, immobilizing their head. Be sure that they are properly supported, so they won’t end up hanging by their hair if they should pass out.

Or you can pull their head back, exposing their throat, and making them look and feel really vulnerable. (Be careful how far you pull their head back; some people have trouble swallowing with their head tilted back. And it goes without saying that you should make sure they don’t have any neck problems that this would aggravate.)

To do hair bondage, you will need two five-foot-long pieces of rope. To begin, take one piece of rope and tie an overhand knot in it, with the ends at the bottom, like this:

Gather up the hair, like you were making a pony tail. Slip the loop over the hair, and pull it snug, but not tight.

Take the second piece of rope and tie an overhand knot in it, with the ends at the top, like this:

Slip this loop over the pony tail, next to the first one, and pull it snug, but not tight.

We now have four rope ends, and we are going to braid them, using a four-strand whipmaker’s braid. This will spread the load over the hair, making it less prone to damage. It works kind of like the old Chinese finger trap toys; as the ropes are pulled, the braid gets tighter all along the length of the hair, trapping it in place.

To begin the braid, take the rope farthest away from you on the right. Bring it down underneath the pony tail, from right to left, then bring it between the two strands on the left.

Note: At first glance, it may appear from the picture that it is the rope nearest you on the right side that went underneath the pony tail. That is an optical illusion; it is truly the rope farthest away from you.

Take the rope that is in your hand and bring it back over the pony tail, so it is on the side you started with, but now it is the closest rope. Pull all the ends taut.

Now take the rope farthest away from you on the left, bring it down underneath the pony tail, from left to right, then bring it between the two strands on the right, and back over to the left, where it started.

Now pull all the ends taut.

Continue this process, alternating between the rope farthest away from you on the right, and the rope farthest away from you on the left, pulling the ends taut each time. Soon you should have something that looks like this.

At this point, there are a couple of ways to finish off the braid. The simplest is to take the two pairs of ends, and tie them in a square knot (left over right, then right over left).

A fancier way is to take the four ends, and braid them into the four-strand chevron braid described in the crotchrope handout. The result looks like this:

The rope used here is available from Rainbow Rope, http://www.rainbowrope.com

Disclaimer: The techniques I describe here are as safe as I know how to make them, and I believe in them enough to trust the life of my beloved Mistress to them. However, you are ultimately responsible for the safety of anyone you tie up. Know your captive’s limitations, and any medical conditions they may have. Don’t mix bondage with drugs or alcohol. And don’t even think of trying suspension until you are really experienced with ropework.