Hey there... I got interested in string figures a little while ago, mostly through some of the similarities to my main hobby (yo-yos). It is pretty...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Nov 8, 2000 6:04 pm
Hello, Iīm trying to learn the lovely story of Edd Sterchi (Wakahana). His story is in BISFA volume 4. In page 26-28 i read "Osage transfer and ending". What...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Nov 11, 2000 8:52 pm
Myriam, I imagine somebody already sent you an explanation for "Osage transfer and ending" but for anyone else interested, it refers to the ending movements of...
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okteller@...
Nov 12, 2000 4:12 am
Shawn- Someone said that "The most important thing is to remember to keep the number one thing the number one thing." I think that keeping the String Figure...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Nov 12, 2000 6:19 pm
Hi Will, Thank you for answering. Until now,nobody sent me an explanation for "Osage transfer and Ending". Myriam ...
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Lori Lachance
lori@...
Nov 12, 2000 6:22 pm
Just saw an advertisement for "CBC NORTH", a northern Canadian television station, and the image was of two people doing string figures. The shot only lasted...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Nov 28, 2000 1:15 am
To the Group, Anand Prasad just joined the string-figure mailing list and is having problems with one of the World Wide Webs figures, the Banana Tree, ...
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Tetsuo SATO
tetsuo.sato@...
Nov 28, 2000 1:18 pm
Hello everyone!! 1. Do Steps 1-4 of The Rock of Waondeli: Opening A. Pass index fingers away from you to the far side of the little-finger loops, bend them...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Nov 28, 2000 9:18 pm
Tetsuo, Thanks for the help! I finally got the Banana Tree. In step two, 5 picks up just the upper string of the loops that pass around the 2f TV string. ...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Nov 29, 2000 6:31 pm
Apparently there is a problem with a password for some people in viewing the Banana Tree picture file on Egroups. I posted the same picture to ...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Dec 3, 2000 10:20 am
Hello, I canīt made "Fishing Canoe" in String Figure Magazine June 1998. I tried also to made it with "The string figures of Nauru". Can you help me? Thanks, ...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Dec 3, 2000 10:05 pm
Myriam, Which step of Fishing Canoe is giving you problems? Everybody, A six diamond figure that we found on the Navajo Reservation is made in exactly the same...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Dec 4, 2000 7:05 pm
Hello Will, Thank for answering. I think that the problem begin in step 4. The illustration (after "Throughout this move, finger 1 continue...") in String...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Dec 8, 2000 8:55 pm
Hello, I read the article of James R. Murphy "Using String Figures to Teach Math Skills". I want to buy the book "String Figures by Learning Hands". Do you...
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Anand Prasad
swanandprasad@...
Dec 14, 2000 1:52 pm
Hello Again, Sorry to be so pedantic but I have discovered some more problems with the figures in World Wide Webs. In the medium difficulty figures the...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Dec 24, 2000 3:40 pm
Here is a preview of a Navajo figure from the new ISFA bulletin that will be out shortly. The Inuit figure, Seagull, is a wonderful figure that is well-known...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Dec 27, 2000 2:43 pm
Hello, Here a variation of a sea-gull: Take a short string 1. Opening A. 2. 2 passes away from the body, over 2f and 5 loop, then down behind the 5...
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Axel-Reichert@...
Jan 4, 2001 9:31 pm
Hello, if you like to have an impression of our string-figure lessons and work at school you can see us in the web. www.Schnurfiguren.sindcool.de/ have fun,...
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Klon@...
Jan 4, 2001 10:49 pm
I seem to remember someone on this list mentioning a book - fiction, a murder mystery, I think - that involved string figures. Does anyone know the author and...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Jan 5, 2001 1:35 pm
Hello Bonnie, The book is: BY HOOK OR BY BOOK by D. R. MEREDITH BERKLEY PRIME CRIME NEW YORK If you want to know the names of the figures in this book: ...
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Klon@...
Jan 5, 2001 1:48 pm
Thanks to both who responded. I will check out both books. (The snow has caused my supply of unread books to go by rather fast. : ) ) [Non-text portions...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Jan 5, 2001 1:54 pm
Hello Axel, Thank you very much. Your site is very well. I love the photo with the kids. I understand that "Der Sandfloh" is "Sand Flea". I translated too and...
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Doris R. Meredith
hiwater@...
Jan 5, 2001 4:45 pm
Dear Bonnie: The book is BY HOOK OR BY BOOK by D. R. Meredith, published by Berkley books. I am D. R. Meredith, otherwise known as Doris, and am married to ...
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Doris R. Meredith
hiwater@...
Jan 5, 2001 5:00 pm
... not ... order ... you...
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Tetsuo SATO
tetsuo.sato@...
Jan 6, 2001 4:42 am
A Happy New Year for everyone! myriam> And what is "Herkunft: 1997 von Yukio Shishido (Japan)"? Is this my work appeared in Bulletin of String Figure...
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Mark A. Sherman
isfa@...
Jan 7, 2001 7:03 am
Happy new year everyone! Instructions for Axel Reichert's "Stethoscope" can be found in the December 2000 issue of String Figure Magazine, which we will mail...
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xcaliburris@...
Jan 7, 2001 3:29 pm
Dear Mark, Hi, I have a question regarding renewal of membership. I joined this fall and know I need to pay again for 2001, do you want me just to write you a...
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Mark A. Sherman
isfa@...
Jan 8, 2001 3:37 am
Lynda and the group, If you're a member of the ISFA you can expect to receive a renewal notice in late January. Dues must be received by mid-March if you wish...
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Richard Darsie
rfdarsie@...
Jan 8, 2001 3:54 pm
Can someone give help this person with the Caroline Extension? Maybe there's an easier description than the one I have at "World Wide Webs". Thanks, Richard...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Jan 8, 2001 7:13 pm
Hello, I checked Boua-n NeiTaai ("Pillars of the Sun") in siteīs Darsie but itīs donīt work good. I checked here: ...
