Page 168 - Eric C. Fry - Knots and Ropework

91 The initial moves in making a French bowline are exactly
the same as for an ordinary bowline (Knot 15), the tail
being laid across the standing part, Fig 1, which is lifted
French over to form the bight with the end automatically 'up
through', Figs 2 and 3.
In the French bowline the end is taken in a complete fUll
Bowline turn, Fig 4, before being returned up through the loop,
Fig 5, around the standing part and back down through
both loop and bight, Fig 6.
This knot, producing two bights on a single end, is
particu larly useful where chafing of the bight is likely or
w hen working with wire.