Suhurime's Pet Rabbit

A contemporary string figure created by Mark Sherman of Pasadena, California. It was made by altering the construction method of Suhurime, a traditional Solomon Islands string figure that represents a legendary warrior.

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Written Instructions

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Step 6 - 1 picks up oblique 2n (the 2n string that runs diagonally toward the bottom center).

With the help of the opposite hand, Navajo the loops on 1 (lift the lower loop over the upper loop and release it on the far side of 1).

1 picks up transverse 2n (the 2n string that runs directly from L2 to R2).

With the help of the opposite hand, Navajo the loops on 1 (lift the lower loop over the upper loop and release it on the far side of 1).