Woven Hip Harness - One-Sided - Locked with Half-hitch

Get your rope ready and place it a little in front of your partner on the side that will have the weave (the side that will be facing downward if you use this for a suspension; in this case, the left side).

Stand behind your partner and slightly to the left side. Grab the bight with your right hand.

Run the bight between your partner’s legs from back to front.

Using your left hand, reach around your partner to grab the bight.

Pull the bight slightly out until it can reach the side of the body. Keep the bight anchored there with your left hand for the moment.

Using your right hand, add tension to your rope, then bring the rope toward your left hand, keep it snug against the bottom of the butt cheek.

Hand the rope to your left hand so that it is holding both the bight and the rope.

Release the rope with your right hand, then put your right arm around your partner and grab the rope with your right hand again.

Arrange it so that the bight end is on top of the tail, with the bight in your left hand and the rope in your right hand.

Now you can give a little slack with your right hand and gently pull with your left.

This will let you slide your rope around your partner’s leg, and let you increase the amount of rope on the bight side.

Bring the bight up behind your partner, to a point just short of their side.

Run the tail through the bight and reverse tension. Add tension to the rope until it has a nice grip on the skin throughout. It can be helpful to run your fingers under the rope all the way around the waist/hip and leg parts to make sure it is at the same level of tension everywhere.

Now that you have the path and the tension set, you can add additional wraps. Run the tail back the other direction, keeping this wrap below the one that is already there. Do this with care and attention. Make sure that the strands remain parallel, that they have the same level of tension on the skin as the ropes beside them, and that they do not get twisted.

When you come to where the ropes cross, move that crossing point to be right in the middle, at the direct side of the body.

When your tail gets to this point, weave it in. As the prior wrap is under the crossing line, leave this one on top.

Continue to wrap. Continue to make sure the wraps are parallel and evenly tensioned.

Continue to wrap.

Back at the side, weave the tail in again.

When you have completed the weave, it adds a little friction. This is a good time to check the tension in lines you have just completed, to confirm that they continue to all have the same level of pressure on the skin.

Continue to wrap. When you get back to the node, just keep going. No need to reverse tension at this point again until you have completed your wraps. Doing so will just add unnecessary bulk.

Continue to wrap. When you get to the side again, weave the tail into the pattern.

Once you have completed your weave…

…check the tensions in your prior wraps, adjust if necessary.

Continue to wrap…

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…and weave…

…and confirm the lines are laying properly. Back…

…and front.

Bring the tail back to the primary node.

Run it through the secondary bight and reverse tension (just as with a Lark’s Head Single Column).

Check the tension in the lines you just laid down.

Lock off with a Half Hitch.

Make sure this has a good, solid grip.

Use up the rest of the rope however you wish.

I am just going to wrap it around the strap a few times, then tuck the ends between the strands.

Completed. This is the connection point for suspension.

This is how this element would work in a horizontal suspension. It needs to be accompanied by a chest harness to ensure that the chest cannot drop below the hips. It can also be helpful to provide support for the legs. A few ideas for both of these elements are included in the tutorial description above.