Figure 286.—Bonito hook in position for lashing the snood and head.

The craftsman sits cross legged on the floor. If the snood is short, a long cord (1) is tied to its end. With the point of the hook to the craftsman's left, the long cord (1) is passed over the right thigh (2), brought back under the knee to pass across under to the left knee (3), and over the left thigh to the middle line where it is hooked around the curved point of the hook (4). The cord is returned over the left thigh under the left knee and across to the right big toe (5) around which it is twisted.