From "Two diamonds" to One/Three Diamonds
Two Diamonds
1. Do Opening A and release thumbs.
2. Thumbs move over intervening strings and pick up the far little-finger string.
3. Expand index-finger loops and hang them on thumbs. Navajo thumbs.
4. Index fingers move into the triangles.
Release little fingers. Index fingers move away from you to extend the pattern. Index-finger loops drop naturally.
Two Diamonds
This ending procedure (Steps 3-4) is called Osage extension.
One Diamond
By adding two steps between Steps 1 and 2 of Two Diamonds, you can make One Diamond.
1. Do Opening A and release thumbs.
2. Give a 360-degree twist toward you to the right index-finger loop.
3. Give a 360-degree twist toward you to the right little-finger loop.
4. Thumbs move over intervening strings and pick up far little-finger strings.
5. Do Steps 3-4 of Two Diamonds (Osage extension).
One Diamond
Three Diamonds
In a similar way, you can make Three Diamonds.
1. Do Opening A and release thumbs.
2. Give a 360-degree twist toward you to the left index-finger loop.
3. Give a 360-degree twist toward you to the left little-finger loop.
4. Thumbs move over intervening strings and pick up far little-finger strings.
5. Do Steps 3-4 of Two Diamonds (Osage extension).
Three Diamonds
Notes:
(a) In the case of Three Diamonds, you may give twists away from you.
(b) If you give twists to loops on both hands, you make Four Diamonds.
Other ways to make One and Three Diamonds
One Diamond
1. Hang the loop on thumbs. Little fingers move over the far thumb string and pick up the near thumb string.
2. The right index finger picks up the left palm string
and then the left index finger picks up the right palm string
as you do Opening A.
3. Release little fingers.
4. Little fingers move over the index-finger loop and pick up far thumb strings.
5. Do the Osage extension.
6. Turn the left hand away from you 180-degrees.
One Diamond
Three Diamonds
1. Do Opening A and release little fingers.
2. Little fingers move under intervening strings and pick up the near thumb string.
3. Release thumbs.
4. Thumbs move over index-finger loops and pick up near little-finger strings.
5. Do the Osage extension.
6. Turn the left hand away from you 180-degrees.
Three Diamonds
To change the number of diamonds
Give 360-degree twists of the thumb and index-finger loops away from you between Steps 3 and 4 of One Diamond.
Right-hand side → Two Diamonds
Left-hand side → Four Diamonds
Both sides → Three Diamonds
Give 360-degree twists of the index-finger and little-finger loops toward you between Steps 3 and 4 of Three Diamond.
Right-hand side → Four Diamonds
Left-hand side → Two Diamonds
Both sides → One Diamonds
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