List of string figures explained

The following is a list of string figures, various figures which can be made using a loop of string, and which occur in games such as cat's cradle. Most of the titles are translations and/or descriptions.

Format

Explanation of the format of these listings:

• "name 1" (location of name), [specific citation] "name 2" (location 2): opening position[, extension, notes] [general citation]
  • subsequent figures

See also

• Notable string scholars

References

The list includes all figures from Elffers & Schuyt (1979), Gryski (1983) and (1985), ISFA (1999), and Jayne (1962).

External links

Webpages with lists of string figures:

• "String Figure of the Month", ISFA.org.
• "Index to the Collection", WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures.
• "String Figures", Gadan.it.
• "Index", String Figure Studio.
• "Introduction", Dine String Games.
• "Jayne's Finished-Pattern-Only Figures", Neil Parker's homepage.
• The Survival, Origin and Mathematics of String Figures.
• "Strings on Your Fingers", GardenDigest.com.
• "Memoir No. 13: String-Figures From the Gilbert Islands", Journal of the Polynesian Society.