The farmer's loop is a

knot A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be practical or decorative, or both. Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices: a ''hitch'' fastens a rope to another object; a ' ...

which forms a fixed loop. As a midline loop knot made with a

bight The word is derived from Old English ''byht'' (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”). In modern English, bight may refer to: * Bight (geography), recess of a coast, bay, or other curved feature * Bight (knot), a curved section, slack part, or loo ...

, it is related to several other similar knots, including the

alpine butterfly knot The butterfly loop, also known as lineman's loop, butterfly knot, alpine butterfly knot, Swiss loop and lineman's rider, is a knot used to form a fixed loop in the middle of a rope. Tied in the bight, it can be made in a rope without access to ei ...

and

artillery loop The artillery loop is a knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes. The artillery loop must have the loop loaded or it will slip and contract easily. It is an inferior knot to the alpine butterfly knot, possibly dangerously so, in ...

. If pulled with one hand holding one end, the other hand holding the start side of the loop that is the continuation of the same end, before tightening the knot of the loop, 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:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POrsQr9UhCM Farmer's Loop/Wireman's Loop For Mechanical Advantage # 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 (of the right loops top edge) # 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

History

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professor Howard W. Riley published this knot in an

agricultural extension Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education. The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for r ...

pamphlet devoted to farming knots in 1912. He was shown the knot by a farmer at the 1910

Genesee Genesee, derived from the Seneca word for "pleasant valley", may refer to: Geographic features Canada *Genesee, Alberta, an unincorporated community United States *Genesee, California *Genesee, Colorado *Genesee County, Michigan *Genesee Co ...

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in Bativia, New York. Riley noted that he had never seen the knot described in any reference book. As collected in ''Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York'', 136th Session, 1913, Vol. 19, No. 29, Part 5.

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