Two Hummingbirds

Collected by Julia Averkieva from the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) of Vancouver Island, Canada. According to legend, when someone purifies himself by bathing, hummingbirds cover his body and suck his blood as part of the ritual.

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Step 1 - Place loop on R1, L1, and L2; R2, passing over the short L1-L2 string, hooks this string to the right, pointing away and up as it returns. You have Opening B.