Editing Knot (section)

==History==
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Knots and '''knotting''' have been used and studied throughout history. For example, [[Chinese knotting]] is a decorative handicraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD) in China, later popularized in the Ming. [[Knot theory]] is the recent mathematical study of knots.

Knots of ancient origin include the [[bottle sling]], [[bowline]], [[cat's paw (knot)|cat's paw]], [[clove hitch]], [[cow hitch]], [[double fisherman's knot]], [[eskimo bowline]], [[figure-eight knot]], [[fisherman's knot]], [[half hitch]], [[kalmyk loop]], [[one-sided overhand bend]], [[overhand knot]], [[overhand loop]], [[reef knot]], [[running bowline]], [[single hitch]], [[thief knot]], [[Turk's head knot]], and [[two half-hitches]].

The eleven main knots of Chinese knotting are the four-flower knot, six-flower knot, [[Chinese button knot]], [[Matthew Walker knot|double connection knot]], [[carrick bend|double coin knot]], agemaki, [[friendship knot|cross knot]], square knot, [[Plafond knot]], [[Pan Chang knot]], and the [[good luck knot]].

Knots of more recent origin include the [[friendship knot]] of Chinese knotting.{{cn|date=August 2023}} The [[sheepshank|sheepshank knot]] originates from 1627{{cn|date=August 2023}} while the [[Western Union splice]] originates from the beginning of [[telegraphy]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Sharp |first=John MacLaren |year=1915 |title=Practical Electric Wiring |publisher=D. Appleton and Company |location=New York and London |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89089723613&view=1up&seq=27 |pages=12–14}}</ref>