RUDDER

 

RUDDER

COLLECTED BY
DANIEL SUTHERLAND
DAVIDSON
(Aboriginal Australian
String Figures
The American Philosophical
Society
1941)

 

     A. Opening A.

    B. 1 passes over 2 and
         picks up 5n.

    C. 2 plunges between his
         two strings.
         Release 5 and straighten 2,
         turning it away from you.

         You have two loops on 1,
          one on 2.

     D. 5 enters from below into 1,
          passes above upper 1n,
          picks up lower 1n
          (transverse)
          and comes back.
          Release 1.

     E. 1 enters from below into 5.
          1 removes from above 2,
          away from you.
          Caroline Extension
          (With the tip of 2, picks
          up the lower 1l.
          Press 1 against the side of  2
          ....while you turn the palms
          away from you)
          Arrange if need.
 
 
 

You have a firm hand
on the tiller,
don´t step down!!