Purple fabric strophium 'bra' viewed from the side.

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   Sìne (sine@pagan.plus)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 07:21:54 JST Sìne

   @mimicofmodes @VVitchy @AimeeMaroux @antiquidons @histodons Better late than never 🙄 but I've got a cut-up t-shirt functioning as a strophium right now and it is surprisingly comfortable although I might have tied it just a tiny bit too too tight!
   It is actually two 2-metre long strips of an old running t-shirt so it is thin lycra rather than cotton or linen, and they are tied together in a knot at the centre. I didn't want to waste effort sewing until I had seen if it worked 😄 Each strip is a bit less than 30cm wide when flat though the fabric easily curls in on itself
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   I started with the joining knot front and centre. Then wrapped each side around keeping the fabric as wide as possible. On returning to the front, I kept the fabric wide over each boob, before folding it narrow above the opposite boob to give some 'lift'. I then wrapped the folded fabric around and back to the front again where I tucked one side over the original central knot before knotting the ends together and tucking the remaining ties in.

   After half an hour including dancing energetically💃to Peat And Diesel and Face The West, my strophium is still comfortable and firmly in place. From the front it is less visible than a padded bra I often wear, although there is a bit of bunching across my back. I can probably improve that with more tying practice though.

   I think I have worked out the weaving in that original photo we saw too, but I need more hands to be sure 😂