How to Do the Slip-the-Loop Trick

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A slick rope trick to amaze your friends.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Ropes

The Trick

Step1
Lay a short rope on the table and form a figure eight with it.
Step2
Take the longer end of the ropes and make a circle around the eight with it. The ends of the rope should both be coming toward you.
Step3
Have a volunteer put his finger in the center of the top of the eight while you pull the ends of the rope.
Step4
Notice that his finger has two loops tightened around it now.
Step5
Put your own finger in the same loop, and the rope comes free ' no loops for you!

How It's Done

Step1
The trick is in the way the rope is laid out.
Step2
Make the figure eight so that the short end of the rope ends up on the left. This means that the long end will cross the short end as it completes the eight. The long end is then taken to the left and around the top of the eight, ending up coming back down to lie parallel to the short end.
Step3
Lay the short end over the rope if you want to trap the finger.
Step4
Put the short end so it crosses under the rope if you want it to pull free.

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on 9/19/2007 Could you go into more detail please? It is somewhat difficult to understand how to do it.

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