Hi,
 
Yesterday i made the figure "Pigeon's house".
A karaja string figure (BISFA 9 p184))
 
This figure reminded me another figure.
"The fish trap" renamed by Mark as a "Megaphone".
http://www.isfa.org/sfmv3n4.htm
 
Indeed almost the same figure.
Only the beginning differs, and the fingers used.
 
Two strings around the cone for the first figure,
and only one for the second figure.
 
In the article "Reru: Karaja string figures" by Chang Whan,
almost all the figures are variations of another figure.
 
What is so attractive in string figures is the fact you can
invent, re invent a figure or do a variation.
 
Enjoy string figures!
Myriam




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Hello All,

Dolls of Spring 2009: Eyelashes Lace 47
http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v4/sf4_dolls_of_spring2009.png

Dolls of Spring 2009 with a Pearl: Eyelashes Lace 48
http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v2/index.html
Same as Eyelashes Lace 42 figure but another code
And code guide.

Mizz

Hi,

If you want to make a change in a string figure, you can alterat the opening or
loom.

In the second part of James's method, you need to alterat "Ten Men"
http://www.torusflex.com/torusflex%20project1/pdfs/murph5_1.pdf

I decided not to hook up L5f with R2, but to hook up R5n with L2.
Here after doing the other movements, you got a new loom.

You make the first weaving and the resetting of the loom.
But in the second weaving 1 passes under all the strings and picks up 5f.
Don't finish the weave.

Don't extend like usually.
Release 5, then 1 loop gently.

345 enter from below (toward you) into the both loops 2.
Extend like you can. 1 removes from above (away from you)  2345 loops.
2345 remove from below (toward you) 1 loops.

Extend with 2 up and 345 hooked down
and arrange with 1 (1 enters away from you into the door and push the walls).
You get what my younger son called: an inflated tent.

What i love in this figure is the half circle.
You can model the half circle string to get another form.

After making this figure, i thought perhaps i can do
a continuation.

You have the door of the tent with the double walls.
Pass the double strings hold by 2345 under the closest string (wall)
with the help of 1. 
(you can put down the figure).

And extend with 2 pointed up and 345 hooked down. Arrange.
You got a man holding proudly his child.

I hope i explained well, if not i can do a video.

Enjoy string figures and ISFA,
Myriam




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Hello All,

Eyelashes Garden Vacant: Eyelashes Lace 49
http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v4/sf4_eyelashes_garden_vacant.png

Eyelashes Garden Vacant Final: Eyelashes Lace 50
http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v2/index.html
And code guide.

Mizz

 
Hello,
 
Everybody knows the figure "Fish Spear".
 
I think that a good figure for beginners is a figure following
by an another figure, in a few mouvments.
 
In BISFA9 p203, there is an interesting article by David Nicolai
"Yup'ik String Figures".
 
The second figure is "A Fish":
 
Do Fish Spear.
Rotate R2 a full turn toward  you.
Exchange 2 loops (L loop through R loop)
Release L2.
R345 hook down R2f.
Extend and arrange.
 
When i'll show this figure to kids i'm sure they will rotate R2
for the figure "Fish Spear", more than three times to do a longer sword.
Yes it is like a swordfish.
But i didn't think there are swordfish in Alaska.
 
You can make another figures:
 
L2 picks up L1n, entering toward you at the top of the figure
between the head and the tail
Release L1.
You have a butterfly.
 
Then
L1 hooks up L5f, entering away from you at the bottom of the figure
between the head and the tail.
Release L5.
Extend with the L hand above the R hand.
You have a lift (elevator).
Ask someone to pull the horizontal string (the base of the triangle).
You can pull also with R1.
Release and the lift will return upward.
 
You can also pull the vertical string of the fish's tail
wth R3, to move the fish.
 
Perhaps do you know another continuations of the "Fish Spear"?
 
Enjoy
Myriam




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Hello everyone

after a lot of work, I'm proud to announce one italian web site on string
figures, the Gadan Rock String Figures
(http://www.gadan.it/strings/strindex.html); well, this is only one sub-section
of our climbing group web site, but I think it will grow... slowly... Since in
my spare time I do also DJing on a local radio station...
http://utenti.lycos.it/deepspace/ I put an experimental soundtrack on the string
video; that's the reason of the name Rock (another reason for the name is that
since we are climbers, we climb rocks.  :o))  ). the other name, Gadan, is the
name of the group of climbers...
I hope you'll find it intersting, even thou it is not "professional" and the
video is done with my cell phone. Any comment of course is welcome and last but
not least, many thanks to Myriam Namolaru for their useful suggestions.

enjoy

ciao

Gianni.

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Thank you, Gianni, for your string figures. I'm glad there are videos
since I don't read Italian! I haven't had a chance to look at all of
them yet but I will. I really like the Apache Door variations. But
there aren't any pictures on that page and video number 7 doesn't
work, either.

I am a school librarian and I share string figures with my students. I
have some new pictures of them on our school website at
http://www.davenportschools.org/harrison/strings.htm
   . I will soon be putting some more pictures there.

Belinda Holbrook


On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:46 PM, DJ Deepspace wrote:

> Hello everyone
>
> after a lot of work, I'm proud to announce one italian web site on
> string figures, the Gadan Rock String Figures
(http://www.gadan.it/strings/strindex.html
> ); well, this is only one sub-section of our climbing group web
> site, but I think it will grow... slowly... Since in my spare time I
> do also DJing on a local radio station...http://utenti.lycos.it/deepspace/
>  I put an experimental soundtrack on the string video; that's the
> reason of the name Rock (another reason for the name is that since
> we are climbers, we climb rocks. :o)) ). the other name, Gadan, is
> the name of the group of climbers...
> I hope you'll find it intersting, even thou it is not "professional"
> and the video is done with my cell phone. Any comment of course is
> welcome and last but not least, many thanks to Myriam Namolaru for
> their useful suggestions.
>
> enjoy
>
> ciao
>
> Gianni.
>
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Gianni, I should have also recognized all the great work you did! You
made videos for many figures. Several are ones that I am not as
familiar with and I am looking forward to learning them from your
videos. Thank you for all your work. Let us know if you add more.
Congratulations!

Belinda Holbrook


On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Belinda Holbrook wrote:

> Thank you, Gianni, for your string figures. I'm glad there are videos
> since I don't read Italian! I haven't had a chance to look at all of
> them yet but I will. I really like the Apache Door variations. But
> there aren't any pictures on that page and video number 7 doesn't
> work, either.
>
> I am a school librarian and I share string figures with my students. I
> have some new pictures of them on our school website at
http://www.davenportschools.org/harrison/strings.htm
> . I will soon be putting some more pictures there.
>
> Belinda Holbrook
>
> On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:46 PM, DJ Deepspace wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone
> >
> > after a lot of work, I'm proud to announce one italian web site on
> > string figures, the Gadan Rock String Figures
(http://www.gadan.it/strings/strindex.html
> > ); well, this is only one sub-section of our climbing group web
> > site, but I think it will grow... slowly... Since in my spare time I
> > do also DJing on a local radio station...http://utenti.lycos.it/deepspace/
> > I put an experimental soundtrack on the string video; that's the
> > reason of the name Rock (another reason for the name is that since
> > we are climbers, we climb rocks. :o)) ). the other name, Gadan, is
> > the name of the group of climbers...
> > I hope you'll find it intersting, even thou it is not "professional"
> > and the video is done with my cell phone. Any comment of course is
> > welcome and last but not least, many thanks to Myriam Namolaru for
> > their useful suggestions.
> >
> > enjoy
> >
> > ciao
> >
> > Gianni.
> >
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Hello Gianni,

Very impressive work!

So many figures.

I think that putting the final figure near the video is clever
because it's sometimes frustrating to make all the steps
to only finally see the final figure.

Some more suggestions:

1. Move closer the hands to the camera, like you do at the end of the video.

2. The instructions like this: "2 - 1 sopra 2v, prende su 2l e ritorna"
    will be more clear like this: B - 1 sopra 2v, prende su 2l e ritorna.

3. I have some problem with the videos. I can't see the video without many
pauses.
    Perhaps it's only my problem.
   
4. I didn't see pictures at: Moth, Two women at a water hole, Apache door
variation,
    Smile and Balk, King's throne.

I'm not sure I understood the figure "Smile and Balk". What is it?
And you wrote in the figure "Flower": "Viene chiamato anche in francese Le
Papyrus a 4 Feuilles."
I don't know Italien but i think you mean "Le trèfle à 4 feuilles"....?

Thank you for making this site, and thank you for the invented figures by Marco
(Horned Owl)
and Marta (Volcano Island).
Yours kids?
It's so wonderful we get a new site after two sites had disapeared.

Ciao,
Myriam





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Hello everyone

after a lot of work, I'm proud to announce one italian web site on string
figures, the Gadan Rock String Figures (http://www.gadan. it/strings/ strindex.
html); well, this is only one sub-section of our climbing group web site, but I
think it will grow... slowly... Since in my spare time I do also DJing on a
local radio station... http://utenti. lycos.it/ deepspace/ I put an experimental
soundtrack on the string video; that's the reason of the name Rock (another
reason for the name is that since we are climbers, we climb rocks. :o)) ). the
other name, Gadan, is the name of the group of climbers...
I hope you'll find it intersting, even thou it is not "professional" and the
video is done with my cell phone. Any comment of course is welcome and last but
not least, many thanks to Myriam Namolaru for their useful suggestions.

enjoy

ciao

Gianni.

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Hi Belinda
yes you're right, some pictures and video are missing... you'now it's a work in
progress; this weekend i'll do video and pictures... maybe end next week it will
be updated. in the mean time I'm working on Ten Men System of James R. Murphy
BISFA Vol. 5, 159-209, 1998 (very interesting, I hope to have time to translate
at least the basis of his system) (Thanks Myriam for the link to his site)

I visit the school website, a huge collection of pictures... I like a lot the
picture where three boys in circle share three figures... and also the figure
done on the back... I tryed several times but I don't succeded.... :o(

ciao
Gianni.

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From: "Belinda Holbrook"
To: string-figures@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [string-figures] Italian string figures web site.
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:30:57 -0500





Thank you, Gianni, for your string figures. I'm glad there are videos
since I don't read Italian! I haven't had a chance to look at all of
them yet but I will. I really like the Apache Door variations. But
there aren't any pictures on that page and video number 7 doesn't
work, either.

I am a school librarian and I share string figures with my students. I
have some new pictures of them on our school website at
http://www.davenportschools.org/harrison/strings.htm
   . I will soon be putting some more pictures there.

Belinda Holbrook

On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:46 PM, DJ Deepspace wrote:

> Hello everyone
>
> after a lot of work, I'm proud to announce one italian web site on
> string figures, the Gadan Rock String Figures
(http://www.gadan.it/strings/strindex.html
> ); well, this is only one sub-section of our climbing group web
> site, but I think it will grow... slowly... Since in my spare time I
> do also DJing on a local radio station...http://utenti.lycos.it/deepspace/
>  I put an experimental soundtrack on the string video; that's the
> reason of the name Rock (another reason for the name is that since
> we are climbers, we climb rocks. :o)) ). the other name, Gadan, is
> the name of the group of climbers...
> I hope you'll find it intersting, even thou it is not "professional"
> and the video is done with my cell phone. Any comment of course is
> welcome and last but not least, many thanks to Myriam Namolaru for
> their useful suggestions.
>
> enjoy
>
> ciao
>
> Gianni.
>
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Hi Myriam

thanks for your comments, I'll try to follow your suggestions

for the video pauses I think it is a bandwidth problem; if you stop the player
letting it fill the buffer you should be able to play withous any pause... or
just playing again it should flow smooth

smile and balk is just a joke, the simplest figure, the string figure for
dummies... it is a smile, like the Lewis Carrol Cheshire cat that disappear
leaving only his smile.... the balk is even simpler than smile... that's the
reason why the difficulty level is the lower, 1a

BTW did you find that it is possible to order the table by alfabetial order or
by difficulty just clicking on the heading of the table?

Did you find the speed competition against my son on jacob's ladder and many
stars??

Yes Marta (21) and Marco (11) are my kids..  :o)

about the trefle, yes this name is more appropriate than papyrus... but, from
the book I've found it the name is Papyrus  (I'll send you a scan of the page)

ciao and thanks again for your comments

Gianni

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To: string-figures@yahoogroups.com
Cc: ficellestring@...
Subject: Re : [string-figures] Italian string figures web site.
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:52:37 +0000 (GMT)





Hello Gianni,

Very impressive work!

So many figures.

I think that putting the final figure near the video is clever
because it's sometimes frustrating to make all the steps
to only finally see the final figure.

Some more suggestions:

1. Move closer the hands to the camera, like you do at the end of the video.

2. The instructions like this: "2 - 1 sopra 2v, prende su 2l e ritorna"
    will be more clear like this: B - 1 sopra 2v, prende su 2l e ritorna.

3. I have some problem with the videos. I can't see the video without many
pauses.
    Perhaps it's only my problem.
   
4. I didn't see pictures at: Moth, Two women at a water hole, Apache door
variation,
    Smile and Balk, King's throne.

I'm not sure I understood the figure "Smile and Balk". What is it?
And you wrote in the figure "Flower": "Viene chiamato anche in francese Le
Papyrus a 4 Feuilles."
I don't know Italien but i think you mean "Le trèfle à 4 feuilles"....?

Thank you for making this site, and thank you for the invented figures by Marco
(Horned Owl)
and Marta (Volcano Island).
Yours kids?
It's so wonderful we get a new site after two sites had disapeared.

Ciao,
Myriam

________________________________
De : DJ Deepspace <deepspace@...>
À : string-figures@yahoogroups.com
Cc : deepspace@...
Envoyé le : Mercredi, 18 Mars 2009, 0h46mn 27s
Objet : [string-figures] Italian string figures web site.

Hello everyone

after a lot of work, I'm proud to announce one italian web site on string
figures, the Gadan Rock String Figures (http://www.gadan. it/strings/ strindex.
html); well, this is only one sub-section of our climbing group web site, but I
think it will grow... slowly... Since in my spare time I do also DJing on a
local radio station... http://utenti. lycos.it/ deepspace/ I put an experimental
soundtrack on the string video; that's the reason of the name Rock (another
reason for the name is that since we are climbers, we climb rocks. :o)) ). the
other name, Gadan, is the name of the group of climbers...
I hope you'll find it intersting, even thou it is not "professional" and the
video is done with my cell phone. Any comment of course is welcome and last but
not least, many thanks to Myriam Namolaru for their useful suggestions.

enjoy

ciao

Gianni.

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Hi Gianni,

Well I don't understand, the papyrus hasn't four leaves.
I have the book but it's the first time I notice the strange name of this
figure.

About the Chestire Cat, Martin Probert had make a re-interpretation
of a Torres string figure in BISFA 4 p194 ("The cat appears suddenly,
then the cat vanishes, reappears and vanishes slowly, ending with a grin").

I translated in French the Martin Probert's article "New String Figures for the
Performing Artist".
http://stringames.ifrance.com/probertmartin2.html#al

No, I didn't click on the heading of the table.
But it"s very good. Why don't write on the site you can do it (in English too)?

What do you mean by "Did you find the speed competition against my son on
jacob's ladder and many stars??"

I added your site to the ISFA's site in French
http://stringames.ifrance.com/isfa5.html

Enjoy string figures
Myriam






________________________________
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À : string-figures@yahoogroups.com
Envoyé le : Jeudi, 19 Mars 2009, 18h54mn 13s
Objet : Re: Re : [string-figures] Italian string figures web site.


Hi Myriam

thanks for your comments, I'll try to follow your suggestions

for the video pauses I think it is a bandwidth problem; if you stop the player
letting it fill the buffer you should be able to play withous any pause... or
just playing again it should flow smooth

smile and balk is just a joke, the simplest figure, the string figure for
dummies... it is a smile, like the Lewis Carrol Cheshire cat that disappear
leaving only his smile.... the balk is even simpler than smile... that's the
reason why the difficulty level is the lower, 1a

BTW did you find that it is possible to order the table by alfabetial order or
by difficulty just clicking on the heading of the table?

Did you find the speed competition against my son on jacob's ladder and many
stars??

Yes Marta (21) and Marco (11) are my kids.. :o)

about the trefle, yes this name is more appropriate than papyrus... but, from
the book I've found it the name is Papyrus (I'll send you a scan of the page)

ciao and thanks again for your comments

Gianni

----- Original Message -----
From: "Myriam Namolaru"
To: string-figures@ yahoogroups. com
Cc: ficellestring@ yahoo.fr
Subject: Re : [string-figures] Italian string figures web site.
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:52:37 +0000 (GMT)

Hello Gianni,

Very impressive work!

So many figures.

I think that putting the final figure near the video is clever
because it's sometimes frustrating to make all the steps
to only finally see the final figure.

Some more suggestions:

1. Move closer the hands to the camera, like you do at the end of the video.

2. The instructions like this: "2 - 1 sopra 2v, prende su 2l e ritorna"
    will be more clear like this: B - 1 sopra 2v, prende su 2l e ritorna.

3. I have some problem with the videos. I can't see the video without many
pauses.
    Perhaps it's only my problem.
   
4. I didn't see pictures at: Moth, Two women at a water hole, Apache door
variation,
    Smile and Balk, King's throne.

I'm not sure I understood the figure "Smile and Balk". What is it?
And you wrote in the figure "Flower": "Viene chiamato anche in francese Le
Papyrus a 4 Feuilles."
I don't know Italien but i think you mean "Le trèfle à 4 feuilles"... .?

Thank you for making this site, and thank you for the invented figures by Marco
(Horned Owl)
and Marta (Volcano Island).
Yours kids?
It's so wonderful we get a new site after two sites had disapeared.

Ciao,
Myriam

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Envoyé le : Mercredi, 18 Mars 2009, 0h46mn 27s
Objet : [string-figures] Italian string figures web site.

Hello everyone

after a lot of work, I'm proud to announce one italian web site on string
figures, the Gadan Rock String Figures (http://www.gadan. it/strings/ strindex.
html); well, this is only one sub-section of our climbing group web site, but I
think it will grow... slowly... Since in my spare time I do also DJing on a
local radio station... http://utenti. lycos.it/ deepspace/ I put an experimental
soundtrack on the string video; that's the reason of the name Rock (another
reason for the name is that since we are climbers, we climb rocks. :o)) ). the
other name, Gadan, is the name of the group of climbers...
I hope you'll find it intersting, even thou it is not "professional" and the
video is done with my cell phone. Any comment of course is welcome and last but
not least, many thanks to Myriam Namolaru for their useful suggestions.

enjoy

ciao

Gianni.

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... it's only to have fun...

there is a link, not so evident... in the first part of the page, under Commenti
Generali.....

http://www.gadan.it/strings/Scala_Giacobbe/Scala_Giacobbe_Gara_Scheda.html

http://www.gadan.it/strings/Molte_Stelle/Molte_Stelle_Gara_Scheda.html

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Subject: Re : Re : [string-figures] Italian string figures web site.
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:17:29 +0000 (GMT)





Hi Gianni,

Well I don't understand, the papyrus hasn't four leaves.
I have the book but it's the first time I notice the strange name of this
figure.

About the Chestire Cat, Martin Probert had make a re-interpretation
of a Torres string figure in BISFA 4 p194 ("The cat appears suddenly,
then the cat vanishes, reappears and vanishes slowly, ending with a grin").

I translated in French the Martin Probert's article "New String Figures for the
Performing Artist".
http://stringames.ifrance.com/probertmartin2.html#al

No, I didn't click on the heading of the table.
But it"s very good. Why don't write on the site you can do it (in English too)?

What do you mean by "Did you find the speed competition against my son on
jacob's ladder and many stars??"

I added your site to the ISFA's site in French
http://stringames.ifrance.com/isfa5.html

Enjoy string figures
Myriam



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Hello I am Michael and I am posting for the first time. Here are 2 figures that
I have found while playing:

The worlds second easiest trick:

1) put string in wrists with half a twist in it.

2) insert right hand into left wrist loops and pull. you have a loop only on
your wrists now!

A boat:

Note: I did this trick while doing a Nauru ending so steps 3-4 are Eongababo
without the caroline extension. This trick is best seen with a long string

1) opening a

2)twist 1 loops towards you, twist 5 loops away from you.

3)push 2n down with 1, 2 over 2f and 5n, enters the 5 loops distally, comes
towards you under interveening strings and twists 1n away from you with an index
twist, 1, still holding 2n down catches 5f and returns. release 5

4) transfer upper 2 loop to 5 from above,release 2, twist 1 towards you, down,
and up into the 5 loops to bring back the 5n string.

5) caroline extension

Awesome and thank you for sharing these. I think each time we read postings it
is so inspirational. I love reading the variety of interests, from folk all
around the world. String figurists are great!

Lori
Canada


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   From: fleamichael
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   Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 4:56 PM
   Subject: [string-figures] Hello


   Hello I am Michael and I am posting for the first time. Here are 2 figures
that I have found while playing:

   The worlds second easiest trick:

   1) put string in wrists with half a twist in it.

   2) insert right hand into left wrist loops and pull. you have a loop only on
your wrists now!

   A boat:

   Note: I did this trick while doing a Nauru ending so steps 3-4 are Eongababo
without the caroline extension. This trick is best seen with a long string

   1) opening a

   2)twist 1 loops towards you, twist 5 loops away from you.

   3)push 2n down with 1, 2 over 2f and 5n, enters the 5 loops distally, comes
towards you under interveening strings and twists 1n away from you with an index
twist, 1, still holding 2n down catches 5f and returns. release 5

   4) transfer upper 2 loop to 5 from above,release 2, twist 1 towards you, down,
and up into the 5 loops to bring back the 5n string.

   5) caroline extension





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Hello All,

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Hello Michael,

Thank you for sharing.

I tried to do yours figures but I had some problems.
I revrote yours instructions like this:

In the String Figure Magazine of September 2004
"Flower of the Tomano Tree"
you have the instructions for the Eongatubabo sequence.



The worlds second easiest trick:

2) insert from below right hand into left wrist loops and pull. you have a loop
only on your wrists now!

A boat:

3) 1 hooks down 2n.
    2 over 2f and 5n, enters the 5 loops distally, and hooks 5n and 2f.
    2 hooks up 1n.,
    1, still holding 2n down passes under all intervening strings and picks
up 5f and returns.
     release 5

4) transfer upper 2 loop to 5 from above,release 2,
   twist 1 towards you, down, and up into the 5 loops to bring back the 5n
string.


Enjoy string figures
Myriam


________________________________
De : fleamichael <fleamichael@...>
À : string-figures@yahoogroups.com
Envoyé le : Samedi, 21 Mars 2009, 1h56mn 18s
Objet : [string-figures] Hello


Hello I am Michael and I am posting for the first time. Here are 2 figures that
I have found while playing:

The worlds second easiest trick:

1) put string in wrists with half a twist in it.

2) insert right hand into left wrist loops and pull. you have a loop only on
your wrists now!

A boat:

Note: I did this trick while doing a Nauru ending so steps 3-4 are Eongababo
without the caroline extension. This trick is best seen with a long string

1) opening a

2)twist 1 loops towards you, twist 5 loops away from you.

3)push 2n down with 1, 2 over 2f and 5n, enters the 5 loops distally, comes
towards you under interveening strings and twists 1n away from you with an index
twist, 1, still holding 2n down catches 5f and returns. release 5

4) transfer upper 2 loop to 5 from above,release 2, twist 1 towards you, down,
and up into the 5 loops to bring back the 5n string.

5) caroline extension







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Greetings to everyone.  I'm a third grade teacher and my kids have gone insane
over the strings -- it's hard to get them to put the strings away.  I love that
they've started inventing their own figures now.  Really though I love the
string figures just for myself.  I love the meditative quality of doing a string
figure I know really well, and I enjoy the feeling of being incredibly focused
when I'm learning a new string figure.  I need to learn the terminology in order
to get to the next level; right now it's pretty much impossible for me to learn
a new string figure unless I have a video clip or really good illustrations, so
I'm getting frustrated.  Does anybody know of a good reference for learning the
string figure terminology?

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Mizz

Hello,

Welcome to ISFA!

On the ISFA's site
http://www.isfa.org/sfotm/terminology/string_figure_terminology.pdf
and here
http://www.isfa.org/arctic/n.htm

In the Darsie's site
http://web.archive.org/web/20071025101923/http://www.darsie.net/string/

Hope I helped you,

Enjoy string games
Myriam



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De : nooie19 <nooie19@...>
À : string-figures@yahoogroups.com
Envoyé le : Jeudi, 26 Mars 2009, 15h47mn 23s
Objet : [string-figures] new member


Greetings to everyone. I'm a third grade teacher and my kids have gone insane
over the strings -- it's hard to get them to put the strings away. I love that
they've started inventing their own figures now. Really though I love the string
figures just for myself. I love the meditative quality of doing a string figure
I know really well, and I enjoy the feeling of being incredibly focused when I'm
learning a new string figure. I need to learn the terminology in order to get to
the next level; right now it's pretty much impossible for me to learn a new
string figure unless I have a video clip or really good illustrations, so I'm
getting frustrated. Does anybody know of a good reference for learning the
string figure terminology?







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It was my first time explaning a string figure in text, I'll try to be more
clear next time.
--- In string-figures@yahoogroups.com, Myriam Namolaru <ficellestring@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello Michael,
>
> Thank you for sharing.
>
> I tried to do yours figures but I had some problems.
> I revrote yours instructions like this:
>
> In the String Figure Magazine of September 2004
> "Flower of the Tomano Tree"
> you have the instructions for the Eongatubabo sequence.
>
>
>
> The worlds second easiest trick:
>
> 2) insert from below right hand into left wrist loops and pull. you have a
loop only on your wrists now!
>
> A boat:
>
> 3) 1 hooks down 2n.
>     2 over 2f and 5n, enters the 5 loops distally, and hooks 5n and 2f.
>     2 hooks up 1n.,
>     1, still holding 2n down passes under all intervening strings and picks
up 5f and returns.
>      release 5
>
> 4) transfer upper 2 loop to 5 from above,release 2,
>    twist 1 towards you, down, and up into the 5 loops to bring back the 5n
string.
>
>
> Enjoy string figures
> Myriam
>
>
> ________________________________
> De : fleamichael <fleamichael@...>
> À : string-figures@yahoogroups.com
> Envoyé le : Samedi, 21 Mars 2009, 1h56mn 18s
> Objet : [string-figures] Hello
>
>
> Hello I am Michael and I am posting for the first time. Here are 2 figures
that I have found while playing:
>
> The worlds second easiest trick:
>
> 1) put string in wrists with half a twist in it.
>
> 2) insert right hand into left wrist loops and pull. you have a loop only on
your wrists now!
>
> A boat:
>
> Note: I did this trick while doing a Nauru ending so steps 3-4 are Eongababo
without the caroline extension. This trick is best seen with a long string
>
> 1) opening a
>
> 2)twist 1 loops towards you, twist 5 loops away from you.
>
> 3)push 2n down with 1, 2 over 2f and 5n, enters the 5 loops distally, comes
towards you under interveening strings and twists 1n away from you with an index
twist, 1, still holding 2n down catches 5f and returns. release 5
>
> 4) transfer upper 2 loop to 5 from above,release 2, twist 1 towards you, down,
and up into the 5 loops to bring back the 5n string.
>
> 5) caroline extension
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

I have tried to learn the string figure Andromeda Galaxy from the book
Fascinating String Figures and have encountered some problems. When I try to
extend it, there is a big gap with the strings bunched together at the sides. I
have tried to lock the strings like the books said, and it didn't work. Any
suggestions?

Hi,

I made the figure from the book and you need in the end to arrange the central
pattern.
If it is not the problem you need to make again the figure and to check all
yours
steps with the illustrations.

I can make a video if you want.

Another figure very close the "sacred circle" with less steps is more easy,
and you have the instructions here
 http://stringames.ifrance.com/sacredcircle.html

If you have another question just ask.

Myriam



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De : fleamichael <fleamichael@...>
À : string-figures@yahoogroups.com
Envoyé le : Samedi, 28 Mars 2009, 22h43mn 36s
Objet : [string-figures] Andromeda Galaxy


I have tried to learn the string figure Andromeda Galaxy from the book
Fascinating String Figures and have encountered some problems. When I try to
extend it, there is a big gap with the strings bunched together at the sides. I
have tried to lock the strings like the books said, and it didn't work. Any
suggestions?







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Hello,
 
You'll can buy soon a new book in English.
 
Cat's cradle and other fantastic string figures
included DVD and two strings
by Elizabeth Encarnacion
 
A DVD! Very good idea! Like ISFA the author thinks
that learning from videos and the written instructions is the best.
 
You can see the same picture of the girl
on the Michael Taylor's last book
(Finger string and a book of cat's cradle and other string figures).
 
Enjoy string games
Myriam




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Group Members



About a year ago I did something for Brand Pharm - an ad agency that
needed string figures for a pharmaceutical company.  It was a fun 2
days!



Dan Plansky needs somebody to be in Dallas for a few days at the end of
April.....but I can't go.



If you are interested - his email is printed below.



Tom Cutrofello

New York



From: Daniel Plansky [mailto:daniel.plansky@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:09 PM
To: Cutrofello, Tom
Subject: Follow-Up




Hi Tom,

Thanks so much for speaking with me yesterday. I was just wondering if
you could forward me the contact information for some string figure
performers that you would recommend.

Thanks so much,

Dan


Daniel Plansky
Assistant Account Executive
B(r)AND PHARM - A Member of Publicis Healthcare
79 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 448-5252
www.brandpharmusa.com
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Hello
 
The ISFA ISRAEL's site has a new adress
 
http://isfa.koral.co.il
 
Don't forget the  ISFA site is translated in Japanese, French, Hebrew
and in German (a few pages http://stringames.ifrance.com/gerisfa.html).
 
If you can help translating the other pages in German, it'll be great!
 
Mark does a wonderful job and
you have a great organization and I think we need to do
the best for making it known to everybody.
 
Myriam




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Hi,
 
The Andromeda Galaxy is an invented figure
by Felix Paturi (String Figure Magazine September 1996)
 
http://www.heidiendemann.com/StringGame.html
 
Enjoy,
Myriam




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Nice paintings, my favorite painting is the one with Andromeda galaxy. THere is
a website that I don't know if anyone knows about besides me. the adress is:
torusflex.com. Click on string figures and you will be taken to a menu. Here,
Jeff Murphy, the same one who did the Isfa articles on math and string figures
has posted his isfa articles. it is worth checking out
                           I will post more string figure instructions later.
--- In string-figures@yahoogroups.com, Myriam Namolaru <ficellestring@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  
> The Andromeda Galaxy is an invented figure
> by Felix Paturi (String Figure Magazine September 1996)
>  
> http://www.heidiendemann.com/StringGame.html
>  
> Enjoy,
> Myriam
>
>
>
>
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>

Hello All
Please check out http://www.fingerstrings.co.uk for a UK source of Rainbow and
Olympic Strings. The Olympic Strings are for making Ronald Read's Olympic Flag
(See Bulletin of the ISFA Vol 8 2001 pages 327-328)
Best wishes, Michael Taylor