Category Loop Typical use Climbing, agriculture | Releasing Non-jamming ABoK #1054, #1056, #2565 | |
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Names Farmer's loop, Wireman's knot Related | ||
Farmer s loop wireman s loop for mechanical advantage
The farmer's loop is a knot which forms a fixed loop. As a midline loop knot made with a bight, it is related to several other similar knots, including the alpine butterfly knot and artillery loop.
Contents
If pulled from one end and that ends continuation [?????] into the loop while not tightened it may capsize to a slip knot with a complicated and heavy knot.
It is tied on one hand to make a loop about twice the size of that hand (use fingers for a smaller one, thumb-hook-to-elbow for a large one), as follows:
- start with the rope 3 times around the palm of one hand, let the ends hang down,
- then pull the initial middle turn up from the top edge and place it over to the right
- then pull the now new middle turn up from the top edge and place it over to the left
- then pull the now new middle turn up from the top edge and place it over to the right
- then pull the now new middle turn up to form the loop, dress and tighten before use
Diy tying a farmer s loop
History
Cornell University professor Howard W. Riley published this knot in an agricultural extension pamphlet devoted to farming knots in 1912. He was shown the knot by a farmer at the 1910 Genesee County Fair in Bativia, New York. Riley noted that he had never seen the knot described in any reference book.