Hemp- washing/cleaning
Cleaning and Washing
The aim is to avoid needing to wash your rope. Ideally, you will never wash your rope and will instead just run a cloth over it to remove any dust or debris it has come into contact with. When jute rope gets wet, it swells, and if this happens in an uneven manner, either in the washing process or drying process, it will damage your rope.
Please note: Rope that has been treated with oil or wax cannot be effectively cleaned unless the rope is brought to a temperature that can separate out this oil or wax—and that carries the risk of damaging the rope fibres.
If you are in a situation where you have to wash your rope, either hand wash your rope at a low temperature or use a handwash setting with minimal spinning, and then hang your rope to dry. Please note that washing dyed ropes may cause colors to fade or run.
Tails
Can be used to refer to either the end of the rope or specifically the small section of rope after the knot
Ushirode Gasshō Shibari 後ろ手合掌縛り
'hands behind the back praying tie' or as it is more commonly known 'reverse prayer'. This term is used for any tie that binds the hands in a prayer position behind the back, where this is part of gote the term Gote Gasshō Shibari 後手合掌縛り - tends to be used.