Estrella

Double-Sided Lozenge Family

  The following string figure is known as "Estella" (Star) in the Chaco, Paraguay.
I personally recoded it in the village of Laguna Negra, Chaco, Paraguay, in October 2005.
My informer was a woman named Kety, a real expert in string figure making.

  Nomenclature 



Step 1

Opening A 


Step 2

Pass 3 proximal to 2 loops. Distally, insert 3 into 1 loops, then pick up 1n.
3 return to position.

 
Step 3

Release 1.


 Step 4

Distally insert 1 into 2 loops, pick up 5f and return to position. 


Step 5
Release 5. 


Step 6
 Release 2. Extend. 


Final figure of Estrella
You have Estrella



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