Second: In the part of the string which you have been holding between the right thumb and index make a small loop and place it between the tips of the left thumb and index, so that it stands erect; hold it there and remove the right thumb and index.
Third: Pick up between the tips of the right thumb and index the end of the other half of the string, which is hanging down from the far side of the left thumb then draw it to the right (Fig. 801). Now make several passes with the fight hand
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as if you were trying to thread the end of the right hand string through the erec loop held by the left hand; finally pass the right hand to the left over the left hand, apparently threading the loop, but really drawing the part of the string which hangs from the right hand, between the left thumb and index as far as you can (Fig. 802). The loop, which is still held by the left thumb and index, appears to have been threaded by the right hand string.
