You now have on each hand: a near index string, a far little finger string and a string passing across the palmar surface of the middle and ring fingers, and behind the index and little fingers.
Third: Opening A, picking up the palmar strings with the middle fingers (Fig. 466).
Fourth: Pass each thumb away from you over the index loop and take up from below on the back of the thumb the near middle finger string (Fig. 467), and return
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Fig. 466.
the thumb to its position. Release the loops from the little fingers; separate the hands.
Fifth: Pass each little finger toward you over the far middle finger string and far index string, and pick up from below on the back of the little finger the near
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Fig. 467.
index string (Fig. 468), and return the little finger to its position. Release the loops from the thumbs, and draw the strings tight.
Sixth: Pass each thumb away from you over the far index string and the near middle finger string, and pick up from below on the back of the thumb the far