A slim cotton lead in a graphic three-colour palette: deep red, white and black, spun together into a single 12mm rope. The slimmer gauge reads tidier in the hand than the 20mm leads, and suits smaller dogs and lighter walkers.
The colours twist around each other as the rope lays, so the palette reads as a clean spiral rather than blocks of solid colour. White against red and black is the most graphic of the slim range.
Cotton, hand-spun with controlled tension so the rope holds a small amount of give. 100% stainless steel hardware. Eye-splice finish, far stronger than any knot of the same fibre.
Approximately 1.2m end to end, with about 1.03m from the base of the handle to the metal clip.
The lead pictured here is the slim 12 mm width. Both widths are made in this palette; to see the standard 20 mm width, view the purple, white and green lead.
Gem Bowes · Tightrope KnotsA slim cotton lead in a graphic three-colour palette: deep red, white and black, spun together into a single 12mm rope. The slimmer gauge reads tidier in the hand than the 20mm leads, and suits smaller dogs and lighter walkers.
The colours twist around each other as the rope lays, so the palette reads as a clean spiral rather than blocks of solid colour. White against red and black is the most graphic of the slim range.
Cotton, hand-spun with controlled tension so the rope holds a small amount of give. 100% stainless steel hardware. Eye-splice finish, far stronger than any knot of the same fibre.
Approximately 1.2m end to end, with about 1.03m from the base of the handle to the metal clip.
The lead pictured here is the slim 12 mm width. Both widths are made in this palette; to see the standard 20 mm width, view the purple, white and green lead.
Gem Bowes learned to make rope at Arthur Beale, the Shaftesbury Avenue chandlery that has been splicing line since 1500-something. She works now from a Cambridge studio, hand-spinning flax and dead-stock yarn for dog leads, doorstops, juggling balls.
Gem Bowes learned to make rope at Arthur Beale, the Shaftesbury Avenue chandlery that has been splicing line since 1500-something. She works now from a Cambridge studio, hand-spinning flax and dead-stock yarn for dog leads, doorstops, juggling balls.
