Goose and Bear

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

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Step 4 - L1, from below, enters the L2 loop; L1 rotates a full turn away, catching on its back the upper left and lower right strings of the left diamond; R1, from below, enters the double L1 loop and returns, thus sharing the double loop with L1; 1 picks up 2n; Navajo 1 (lift the lower double loop over the upper single loop); release 2 loop and extend.