A Giraffe Eating Grass

A contemporary string figure created by Kazuo Kamiya of Saitama, Japan. It's a clever variation of "Two Brown Bears", an Inuit figure collected by Diamond Jenness.

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Step-by-Step Video Clips

Written Instructions

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Step 4 - 3, from below, enters 2 loop.

2 and 3 trap transverse 1n (3 below and 2 above) and lift the lower 1 loop off 1.

2 hooks up the trapped string, drawing it through the 23 loop, which slips off as 23 rotates away and up.