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Focus Description:

Taking a medium-sized colorful scarf from the illusion table with both hands diagonally, the magician twists it into a rope and ties a knot on it (Fig. 1, a). Then, holding this scarf by one of the corners, the performer with the other hand takes from the table a second scarf of the same size, but of a different color (Fig. 1, b). Saying: “One, two, three,” the magician shakes both scarves several times, causing the knot to move from one scarf to the other.

Focus Crossing knot
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Focus secret:

The props for this trick are two different colored silk scarves measuring 70 x 70 cm. These scarves must be placed on the illusion table in advance.

The secret of the trick is tying scarves. Taking one of the scarves, the performer twists it diagonally with a rope and then begins to tie it. The knot, of course, must be fictitious, but it must be tied in such a way that the audience believes that it is real.

To create such a knot, the artist moves the end of the scarf from his right hand under the thumb of his left (Fig. 2). Then he passes his right hand through the loop from below and grabs the end of the scarf, held between the index and middle fingers of his left hand (see Fig. 2). At the same time, with the middle and ring fingers of his left hand, he pinches that side of the loop, the end of which is between the thumb and index fingers of his left hand.

Focus Crossing knot
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Now the end that the performer holds with his right hand must be tightened into a loop, and the resulting knot must be held with the middle and ring fingers of the left hand (Fig. 3). Having tightened the knot tighter, the middle and ring fingers can be released by carefully removing the loop of the finished dummy knot from them. This scarf should be held by the tip with your left hand.

Focus Crossing knot
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Now the artist takes in his right hand (also diagonally) another scarf, which will need to be instantly tied into a knot. To do this, the scarf is positioned so that one half of it hangs along the palm, the other (slightly smaller) along its back side (Fig. 176). The middle of the scarf is held with your thumb. Without changing the position of the scarf, the magician pinches half of the scarf, hanging along the palm, between the middle and ring fingers (see Fig. 176, a).

Focus Crossing knot
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Now, turning his hand slightly forward, the performer quickly picks up the end of the scarf hanging along the back of the hand with the index and middle fingers and pulls it through the loop (see Fig. 176, b, c).

In order for this trick to produce the desired visual effect, the performer must learn how to skillfully make a self-tying knot and tie a scarf with one hand. Both of these operations must be performed simultaneously with both hands, since the performer will have a scarf in each hand. He ties one of them into a fictitious knot and holds it in his left hand. He takes another handkerchief in his right hand to tie a knot on it. Then the artist waves both handkerchiefs several times. At these moments, the knot on one scarf will be untied and the knot on the other will be tied. This transition of a knot from scarf to scarf is very effective.

This focus requires complete coordination of the movements of both hands and clear, confident execution. It is built entirely on finger dexterity, since all fingers are at work here. By training them for this trick, the performer will learn and improve manipulation techniques.

Author: Akopyan A.A.

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