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4. Insert the thumbs from below into the upper index loop, drawing 
the upper near index string a little towards you by spreading the index 
fingers and thumbs. 
5. With the lips pick up the left lower near thumb string close to the 
thumb, lift it over the tip of the thumb, and drop it on the palmar side. 
Similarly pick up the right lower near thumb string close to the thumb, 
lift it over the tip of the thumb, and drop it on the palmar side. (This 
complete crocheting action Miss Haddon calls “ navahoing,” from its being 
an action common in the patterns of the Navaho Indians. The verb 
“ navaho ” may perhaps be adopted with advantage.) 
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Fig. 17. —Tonga raurepe. After movement 2. 
6. Allow the upper index loop to slip from the fingers, and draw the 
strings taut. 
7. Transfer the thumb loops to the index fingers by inserting each index 
from below into the thumb loop and withdrawing the thumb. (Fig. 18.) 
8. Repeat movement 3, picking up the near little-finger strings on the 
backs of the thumbs. 
9. Repeat the navahoing of movements 4 and 5. 
10. Bend the middle fingers down into the index loop, and take up 
on the backs of the fingers the lower near index string—the one passing 
straight from index to index—and return the middle fingers - to their 
position. 
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Fig. IS .—Tonga raurepe. After movement 7. 
