String Figures and how to Make Them

String Figures and how to Make Them
Author: Caroline F. Jayne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1962-01-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780486201528

Diagrams and text illustrate the steps involved in creating over one hundred string figures while providing information on their origin and cultural background

String Frenzy

String Frenzy
Author: Bonnie Hunter
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2018-12-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617457337

Are you buried in scraps—big pieces, small pieces, hunks, chunks, strips, and parts? Bonnie K. Hunter fans will love her newest book of playful string-quilt projects! Sew a dozen vibrant quilt patterns using the small leftovers from other projects that seem too tiny to save, yet too big to toss. Learn Bonnie’s basics for foundation piecing narrow fabric pieces 3/4” to 2” wide, turning them into dazzling scrappy blocks and one-of-a-kind quilts. Have a string piecing party with a best-selling author, the great Bonnie K. Hunter Love your leftovers! Become a scrap quilt addict, sewing fabric strings and crumbs into brand new blocks Hunter fans will love this offering of twelve “use it all” patterns in her signature style

Fun with String

Fun with String
Author: Joseph Leeming
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1974-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486230635

Over 150 tricks, escapes, dissolving loops; 3- and 4-strand braiding; string figures from around the world. 140 illustrations.

String Games

String Games
Author: Richard Darsie
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2005
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781402727870

Provides directions, illustrated with photographs, for making many different string figures-- from the fairly simple Jacob's Ladder to more complex Mt. Fuji-- along with information about their history and meaning.

What to Do with a Box

What to Do with a Box
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: The Creative Company
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1566607027

Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses. Reviews -Booklist, November 2021 “A Box! A box is a wonder indeed. The only such magic that you’ll ever need.” This book offers gentle suggestions for what to do with a cardboard box, from the practical to the fantastical and from solitary to social.”

Finger Strings

Finger Strings
Author: Michael Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: String figures
ISBN: 9780863156656

Finger string games are a wonderful opportunity for today's children to practice meaningful movement, explore space, interact with others, and exercise their creative spirits. They are also great fun String games can be especially useful to children who struggle at school or are dyslexic, and for those who are learning the concepts of "left and right" and "up and down." Finger Strings contains games that will delight all children, from the very young to those with greater dexterity. Michael Taylor has many years of experience working with children and has shared his string figures at schools and camps throughout the world. Finger Strings contains more than eighty inventive, imaginative string games and stories, all clearly illustrated with step-by-step, color diagrams. This book is designed especially to require minimal page-turning while making string shapes. Ringbound to lie flat. Includes two brightly colored strings to get you started.

Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle
Author: Anne Akers Johnson
Publisher: Klutz
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781878257536

In today's high tech world, people have completely forgotten how to make The Cup and Saucer, The Witch's Broom, and Jacob's Ladder. Thank goodness for Cat's Cradle. This book's simple instructions and ultra-clear instructional art are foolproof.

Lucy and the String

Lucy and the String
Author: Vanessa Roeder
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-08-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0735230498

A sweet and silly tale of unexpected friendship between a girl and the bear she finds at the end of a string. When Lucy spots a string, she can't help but give it a yank, and before she knows it, she meets Hank! But this bear isn't quite sure what to make of Lucy, especially because the string is attached to his pants, and they're unraveling fast! Now Lucy must dream up the perfect solution to Hank's missing pants, and hopefully win this dubious bear's heart along the way. Vanessa Roeder's picture book debut is a heart-filled tale of curiosity, innovation, and finding friendship in unexpected places.

Fascinating String Figures

Fascinating String Figures
Author: International String Figure Association
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780486404004

Collects instructions drawn from the pages of String Figure Magazine explaining how to create such string "sculptures" as "Twinkling star," "Polar Bear," "Erupting volcano," and "Andromeda galaxy"

String Art Magic

String Art Magic
Author: Rain Blanken-Turner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018-06
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781940611730

Geometric string art is created by winding colorful thread around nail heads to develop wonderfully detailed and complex fractal designs. However, without the proper numbered point patterns, it can be almost impossible to recreate. No longer thanks to String Art Magic. With 20 fun and simple projects, author Rain Blanken brings back the art of geometric dreamscapes crafted in string, nails, and parabolic curves. String Art Magic is not only replete with expert tips and how-to technique, it's a treasure trove of difficult-to-find step-by-step geometric string art patterns. With Blanken's engaging style and easy-to-follow guidance, any crafter can learn the secrets to creating intricate geometric string art while discovering how easy it is to follow these patterns. An expert string artist who discovered the craft as a child, Blanken presents patterns of increasing difficulty to help crafters obtain an understanding of how the geometry behind each design works. By the end of String Art Magic, crafters new to the world of string art will have not only completed some amazing and beautiful art to proudly display, but will also be able to customize designs to create their very own string art patterns.