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: ...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Jan 9, 2001 2:14 am
Hello, The figure Na Umake te Ikawai ("Umake the Elder") is also in the book of Jayne (Little Fishes). In the book it is very easy to make. Best Wishes, myriam...
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prasad anand
swanandprasad@...
Jan 14, 2001 8:21 am
Hello String People, A few notes on the World-Wide Webs. Before I start I should point out that I love this site. The descriptions are very simple and a...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Jan 15, 2001 8:27 pm
Hello, I made walking sticks. Itīs easy. But i want it look like a bow for a second. Sometimes i made what i want, sometimes no.Why? Can you help? Regards, ...
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Elizabeth Tilling
e_tilling@...
Jan 16, 2001 3:27 pm
Hello all especiall Prasad; Birders he knows might 'string along'fellow watchers with imaginary birds but this phrase is commonly used in English to mean tease...
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Tetsuo SATO
tetsuo.sato@...
Jan 18, 2001 10:11 am
Hello, everyone! I found NEW YORKER Cartoons Bank: http://www.cartoonbank.com/ Access the above URL, and input Keyword "cat's cradle". ... Tetsuo SATO in...
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Richard Darsie
rfdarsie@...
Jan 22, 2001 3:49 pm
Does anyone have any information for John about this? Richard...
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Busybee
busybee@...
Jan 26, 2001 10:00 pm
I would like members of this group to be the first to get a look at a new string figure web site I have been working on for several months called: WWW...
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Busybee
busybee@...
Jan 26, 2001 10:18 pm
Oops, looks like the hyperlink I used was filtered out and didn't make it into the New SF web site post. The site is: WWW Collection of Favorite String...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Jan 27, 2001 9:20 am
Hello Eric, Wonderful! I will write to you after i saw all your work. Best Wishes, Myriam ... ...
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okteller@...
Jan 27, 2001 4:19 pm
Eric, You have been a very busy bee. Thanks for your work. As I work with school children I am always happy to give them a place to go to learn more figures....
