For some reason I had a 6' piece of 5/16 yellow polypro three strand in my backpack. I was sitting in class, bored, when I thought, "...if I unweave this rope, I might be able to weave a loop back into the end." I'd seen splices, but never really thought twice about it before. That was the year 2000. I finished that first splice and have been addicted ever since.