Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Table of contents 1 Canonical Name 2 Variant Names 3 Category 4 Origin 5 Related knots 6 Releasing 7 Efficiency 8 Caveat 9 Uses 10 Comments 11 Structure 12 Tying Canonical Name Farmer's loop. Variant Names None. Category Loop on the bight. Origin Modern. Cornell University professor Howard W. Ripley published it in 1912 having discovered it being used on American farms. Related knots Alpine butterfly knot, Manharness knot Releasing Non-jamming. Efficiency Unknown%. Caveat None, secure if wet. Uses Climbing Comments This is a fun knot to tie because of the hopping method of tieing it. Children learn it quickly. Structure Tying wait for the article/pictures This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.