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Hello All, Ten Men Pearls Valley: Ten Men come out 19 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_pearlsvalley.png Variation 12 of Ten Men. Ten Men Pot...
3 10:02 am
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Hello, It's an excellent idea to choose a Newkirk's figure for the String Figure of the Month. It's the same figure as in the String figure Magazne of March...
3 Dec 6, 2009
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Myriam Namolaru
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Mele Kalikimaka is how we say Merry Christmas in Hawaii. In addition to our main web page The Ancient Art of Hawaiian String Figures We want to share with you...
1 Dec 4, 2009
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Lois Stokes
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Mele Kalikimaka is how we say Merry Christmas in Hawaii. In addition to our main web page The Ancient Art of Hawaiian String Figures We want to share with you...
1 Dec 4, 2009
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Hello All, Ten Men Diamonds Valley: Ten Men come out 17 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_diamondsvalley.png Variation 11 of Ten Men. Ten Men...
1 Dec 4, 2009
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Hi, http://geekfeminism.org/2009/09/27/open-thread-first-fun-with-string/ Yesterday, i saw two boys in front of me. The first tried to teach the second a...
3 Nov 30, 2009
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Myriam Namolaru
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Hello Jamis and all, That you found is the core of short cut analysis. "3,1" followed by "1T3" is "1ba". Claw string details are cleared by this. Your short...
4 Nov 29, 2009
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Jamis Buck
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Every year, around Saint Andrew's day, there's a games fair in a Catalan Town called Tona. The last few years I've been there teaching string games. A picture...
2 Nov 29, 2009
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Every couple of years I'm invited to the `Beaver Scouts Christingle Party '. I'm required to entertain 100 6-8 year olds for one hour. So, what do I do? Read...
2 Nov 28, 2009
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Jamis Buck
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In playing around with "A Crab" (http://www.stringfigures.info/cfj/crab.html), I've discovered that the latter half of the steps described by CFJ are...
4 Nov 27, 2009
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Hello All, Ten Men Big Beans: Ten Men come out 15 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_bigbeans.png Variation 9 of Ten Men. Ten Men Deep Valley:...
1 Nov 24, 2009
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Hi all, You can view Olympic Flag String Game at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXF2q_tyQzM In this 90 second video I suggest new meanings for the five circles...
1 Nov 22, 2009
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Michael Taylor
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Figures de ficelles et anthropologie (string figures and anthropology) in a special event "Fête de la Science" in France If you are in Paris on the 19th of...
1 Nov 17, 2009
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Hello All, Ten Men Big Cup: Ten Men come out 13 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_bigcup.png Variation 7 of Ten Men. Ten Men Old House: Ten Men...
2 Nov 14, 2009
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Jamis Buck
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There is a photo website that has string figure photos, some of which are new to me. http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c183/fadenspiele/Figuren/ In particular,...
3 Nov 9, 2009
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Jamis Buck
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In a previous posting I mentioned the films of the Institut des wissenschaftlichen Films in Germany. I found it is now possible to see some of their films...
3 Nov 6, 2009
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As I've found myself wanting to pester mizz with more and more questions relating to his intriguing code, I decided it made less and less sense to post those...
1 Nov 6, 2009
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Jamis Buck
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Hello to everyone... It's been inspiring to read the string figure banter, to work on new string figures in the video collection, and to try stretching my...
4 Nov 5, 2009
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Hello All, Ten Men Wheel: Ten Men come out 11 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_wheel.png Variation 5 of Ten Men. Ten Men Stars: Ten Men come...
1 Nov 4, 2009
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Hello Jamis, I have had long nice time to follow your analysis. I could not keep myself in bed long. Mizz cord is quite short and big tool for you, it is my...
3 Oct 31, 2009
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I just received a shipment of Richard Darsies' new book. Wow - what a nice piece of packaging. It is a hardback book with three strings included. The strings...
10 Oct 30, 2009
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Myriam Namolaru
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Thanks Mark, for another great String Figure of the Month video. Your videos set the standard! And thanks to Yukio Shishido for inventing the figure. Best...
1 Oct 30, 2009
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I hate to toot my own horn, but there may be some of you that are interested in this kind of analysis. I was thinking about Eongatubabo and Burbot recently,...
1 Oct 28, 2009
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Hello All, Ten Men Pot: Ten Men come out 09 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_pot.png Variation 3 of Ten Men. Ten Men Oval Rings: Ten Men come...
2 Oct 27, 2009
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Hello All, I have taken End-Fil for "3 Loops Many Diamonds Simple". 0 3 loops base (Jamis puts it) 1 L2ab 2 L0, 2 3 L1-5, (0*)1-5 4 L2, p1/ (Released old L0...
2 Oct 26, 2009
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Jamis Buck
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A couple new figures I've stumbled upon. "Diamond bridge" is a result of trying "Mataka" variations with three strings: ...
2 Oct 24, 2009
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Hello Jamis And All, I have done the simplest 3 loops figure. 3 Loops Many Diamonds Simple 1 1, s1(s1=s2=s3) 2 2, s2 3 5, s3 4 L2ab 5 L0, 2 6 L1-5, (0*)1-5 7...
2 Oct 24, 2009
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Jamis Buck
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Dragon String Figure Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akImkCiq_5Y Go to the above link for 'The Dragon, the Princess and Jack'. This story includes the...
3 Oct 23, 2009
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Hello Jamis, 1)Tricolor Butterfly 0 base must be 1) 1, s1(=s2=s3) 2) 2, s2 3) 5, s3 instead of base. 2)R5TT (R5 loop is transferred to L5, then lower L5 to R5,...
2 Oct 23, 2009
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Jamis Buck
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Ever since seeing figures #94 to #97 in the Mizz code guide (http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v2/index.html), I've been playing with figures that are...
7 Oct 23, 2009
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