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Miscellaneous string figures

This page is for string figures that don't fit in anywhere else.

Free-fall ◊ ◊ = easy ◊◊ = moderate ◊◊◊ = challenging

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Free-fall

Use a short fat string, such as you'd use for Arctic figures (e.g. 3/4 span, 3 mm nylon).

1. Opening A.
2. Pass L2 and L3 into L2 loop from above to pick up L2n (which has the effect of transferring L2 loop to L3 with a half twist away from you).
3. Release R2.
4. Transfer R5 to R2, inserting from below.
5. Pass R3 over R2 loop, and pick up R1f. Release R1.
6. Pass R1 into R2 loop from below, and pick up R3n.
7. Pass R5 over R3f, to pick up R2f.
8. Slide R3 down the back of L3 to pick up L3 loop from above. Return, releasing L3.
9. Navaho R3. Release R2.
10. Extend tightly, then carefully release R3.

This figure is similar to the skunk, a South American figure, but with different crossings and a very different method of construction. To me it looks like a man in a pair of overalls or a parachute suit (hence the name). You can also release the RH and let him hang upside-down like a bungy jumper.

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