Put the middle, ring and little fingers of each hand toward you through the loop held by the thumb and withdraw the thumb, and close the fingers down on the palm (Fig. 541).
Seventh: Pass each middle finger up on the near side of the two diagonal strings, and then up away from you to the far side of the upper string of the figure (formed
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of the right upper far index string and the left lower far index string) (Fig. 542), and, bending the finger toward you, pull this upper string down through the loop held down to the palm by the ring and little fingers; then slip the ring and little fingers out of the loop they have been holding (Fig. 543), and put them toward you
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into the loop held by the middle finger, and close all three fingers down on the. palm (Fig. 544).
Eighth: With each index pick up from the far side at some distance from the index the straight transverse lower near index string, and straighten the index to
