An Owl I
1. Do Opening A.
2. Index fingers move away from you and twist their loops 360-degrees.
(The following steps are the same as Steps 2-11 of "Many Stars".)
3. Thumbs move over index-finger loops and pick up near little-finger strings.
4. Middle fingers move over palm strings and index-finger loops, and pickup far thumb strings.
5. Release thumbs.
6. Thumbs move into index-finger loops from above, then move under intervening strings and pick up the far little-finger string.
7. Release little fingers.
8. Thumbs and index fingers touch together, then move under near middle-finger strings and pick up far middle-finger strings.
9. Release middle fingers.
10. Navajo index-fingers softly. (Do not strain the strings yet.)
11. Navajo thumbs softly.
12. Thumbs hook down the released loops. The thumb loops drop naturally.
An Owl I
References: j2, e1, w3, w4, w5
An Owl II
This string figure is similar to the above one.
1. Do Position 1.
2. Put the right index finger behind the left palm string from above.
During pulling the string to the right, rotate the right index finger clockwise and twist the loop 180 + 360 = 540 degrees.
3. The left index finger picks up the right palm string from the near side of the right index-finger loop.
(The following steps are the same as Steps 2-11 of "Many Stars" and Steps 3-12 of "An Owl I".)
4. Thumbs move over index-finger loops and pick up near little-finger strings.
5. Middle fingers move over palm strings and index-finger loops, and pick up far thumb strings.
6. Release thumbs.
7. Thumbs move into index-finger loops from above, then move under intervening strings and pick up the far little-finger string.
8. Release little fingers.
9. Thumbs and index fingers touch together, then move under near middle-finger strings and pick up far middle-finger strings.
10. Release middle fingers.
11. Navajo index-fingers softly. (Do not strain the strings yet.)
12. Navajo thumbs softly.
13. Thumbs hook down the released loops. The thumb loops drop naturally.
An Owl II
References: j4, e1, w5
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