Greetings, I just noticed that there are now two members, from which I deduce that the other member is not me. Looks like you signed on March 4. Sorry I didn't...
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spddbzrpg@...
May 22, 2001 10:13 pm
Hi I just joined. What should I do now? I love the website! Can you change my website to stk@... instead of my account email. Thanks in Advance. Sam P.S....
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Busybee
busybee@...
May 22, 2001 11:00 pm
Greetings, Do you have any figures in mind that you would like to contribute? If so, start by posting a description of how to make one, words only, and I'll...
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spddbzrpg@...
May 23, 2001 8:12 pm
ok. Do you know how to do jacobs ladder? spddbzrpg ... If so, ... I'll see ... about ... and change ... hand ... tell a bit...
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Busybee
busybee@...
May 23, 2001 10:03 pm
Yes, Jacob's Ladder is also known as Osage Diamonds and by several other names. It is described in the "Fairly Easy String Figures" page. What other figures do...
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stk
stk@...
May 24, 2001 12:12 am
the only one that you don't have is the flying birds. It's a pretty cool trick too. Spddbzrpg ... From: Busybee To: stringfigures@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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stk
stk@...
May 24, 2001 11:06 pm
why did you send me my message back? ... From: stk To: stringfigures@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [stringfigures] Re: Hi ...
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Busybee
busybee@...
May 24, 2001 11:43 pm
Sounds interesting. Tell me how to make it. Eric ... the only one that you don't have is the flying birds. It's a pretty cool trick too....
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stk
stk@...
May 25, 2001 12:15 am
ok do position 1 on your left hand only. pull it through once and then again.then grab the circles on your left pinkies with your right pinkies and pull...
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Busybee
busybee@...
May 25, 2001 5:09 pm
I kind of remember a figure like this, but I don't remember how to do it. You will need to bear with me and provide step by step instructions that describe way...
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stk
stk@...
May 26, 2001 2:13 pm
your right about messing up on 4. stick the middle,index,and ring finger under and in between the pinkie and thumb string.Then with your right thumb and pinkie...
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Busybee
busybee@...
May 27, 2001 4:59 am
Hi, It would be best to try and use the same terminology for all figures in the collection, like use little finger instead of pinky. So let me see if I can...
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stk
stk@...
May 27, 2001 4:34 pm
at the end of four your three fingers aren't in the hanging loop any more. Give me time and Ill send you digi pictures. ... From: Busybee To:...
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Busybee
busybee@...
Jun 3, 2001 6:18 pm
Hi, I found the figure you are describing in a Klutz book, "String Games from Around the World." They call it "Flying Bird." If you can take pictures of the...
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pcooper@...
Sep 2, 2001 9:09 pm
A friend introduced me to string figures. I've printed off many illustrations from the web and am busy in trying to learn them. Not as easy as it looks....
hi you all let me introduce first,because this is the first mail i have wrote to this list i am 24 years odl finnish (north-europe) man. i have just started...
hi all string masters out there i have another variation from cup and saucer that i made up with my friend Tuukka Pasanen - as i said before the figures i...
hi again - im here again whit the same "angel","litle girl with pigtails" and "airplane (militar)" and some new figures "airplane (civil)" and "octopus" but...
Hi Daniel, Well, I joined this group several months ago and you are the first person I've seen post, so thanks for doing so! :) I started doing the figures...
Kia ora and greetings from Aotearoa New Zealand. I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself.... I'm Male in my 20s, I live in NZ and have been...
Hi folks, This is my first contribution, it's a figure I learned from a Kurdish folk singer from Diyarbakir, S.E. Turkey. "Destę Hirū" (Dasteh Hersh) means...
Hello, Having created this group, you'd think I would drop by now and then. For whatever reason, none of the posts in the past six months were forwarded to me,...
First, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Again, apologies for not knowing anyone was posting. I'll have more to say later, but for now I'm thinking we need to add a Fun with Cup...
Back again. For me the holiday vacation has been a busy time--not much time for messing around. I'll try to get caught up with Daniel now. ... easyly - so...
My daughter has developed a great interest in this craft. She wishes to know how to do the Eiffel Tower, and so I would love to find a guide or instructions...
Ann Akers Johnson's book "Cat's Cradle: A Book of String Figures" contains instructions for the Eiffel Tower. You should be able to get it on Amazon. Gillian ...
hello all i was manipulating "many stars" and i came up whit this cat "look a like"-figure here it is "cat" first 4 moves are same as in "many stars" 1 OA 2 T...
Hi, For those following the prose description step 6 is to navajo the forefingers. It seems to take some teasing to get the final figure of the cat's head to...
Hi, At World Wide Webs Darcie shows a figure like Jacob's Ladder but with six diamonds called Six Eyes from Sierra Leon. Unfortunately his description leaves...
