Goose and Bear

Collected by Julia Averkieva from the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) of Vancouver Island, Canada.

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Step 3 - 3 withdraws from its loop and joins 2; 2 and 3, from above, enter the 1 loops; 2 tilts toward the center, pushing back the oblique 1n string, then 2, with the help of 3, hooks up transverse 1n, drawing it up through the upper 1 loop, which slips off 2 and 3 as they return; release 1 loops to reveal two diamonds.