Egg'phthathl

Collected by Homer Sapiens of planet Earth. During a recent alien abduction experience Mr. Sapiens was shown several string figures from Zzarg'ha; the fifth planet orbiting a G3-type star that does not appear on most Earthly star charts. He was told that Egg'phthathl is a flying amphibian "about the size of a small Ooeeyakyak." The following reconstruction is adapted for the five digits of a human hand (the arms of Zzarg'hans terminate in three pairwise opposable digits).

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Step 3 - R2 passes down through the R5 loop, then toward you under R2f and R2n; R2 enters the R1 loop from above and hooks up R1f, returning through the R5 loop as it rotates away from you and up.

L2, from below, enters the upper loop on R2 and returns to the left so that both fingers share the upper loop.