A Giraffe Eating Grass

A contemporary string figure created by Kazuo Kamiya of Saitama, Japan. It's a clever variation of "Two Brown Bears", an Inuit figure collected by Diamond Jenness.

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Step 3 - R5, from below, passes through lower R1 loop and behind upper R1 loop; L5, from below, passes through lower L1 loop and upper L1 loop.

R5 enters R2 loop from below and hooks down R2n, drawing it through lower R1 loop, while L5 enters L2 loop from below and hooks down L2n, drawing it through upper and lower L1 loops.