LLX > Neil Parker > String Figures > Jayne
1. Opening A.
2. Pass thumbs over far thumb strings and index loops, and into little finger loops from below. Return with near little finger strings.
3. Pass middle fingers from below into thumb loops, and return with far thumb strings.
4. Release thumbs.
5. Transfer index loops to thumbs.
6. Transfer middle finger loops to thumbs.
7. Insert index fingers from above into little finger loops. Return with far little finger strings, and release little fingers.
8. Pass little fingers into thumb loops, and then index loops, from below. Hook down near index strings, pulling them down through thumb loops.
9. Insert middle fingers into index loops from below. Bend index and middle finger toward you, passing middle finger into upper thumb loops from above, and indexes in front of upper near thumb string, pinching upper near thumb string between them. Rotate index and middle fingers away from you and up, carrying the upper near thumb string through the index-middle-finger loops (which slip off), so that the upper near thumb string becomes the upper near index string. Release upper thumb loops.
10. Combine thumb loops by transferring left thumb loop to right thumb, and then inserting left thumb from below into both right thumb loops.
11. Pass thumbs from below into index loops, and pull near index strings through thumb loops (which slip off), so that the near index strings become near thumb strings. Release indexes.
12. Transfer thumb loops to indexes.
"Legs" is a continuation of "Arms":
13. A diagonal string crosses each little finger loop close to the little finger, on the near side of the figure. With the thumbs, pick up this diagonal string from below.
14. Pass thumbs from below into index loops, and pull near index strings through thumb loops (which slip off), so that the near index strings become near thumb strings. Release indexes.
15. Transfer thumb loops to indexes.
A little bit of manual rearranging is usually necessary to make the legs look like the picture.
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