The Waternish Tangle

  1-2   1s cross down by the right to 2nd place on opposite sides;

  3-4   1s set;

  5-6   1s cross down by the left to 3rd place on own sides;

  7-8   1s set;

  9-10 1s cross by the right;

11-12 3M1L 3L1M cross by the left on the sides;

13-14 2s 1s cross by the right;

15-16 2L1M 2M1L turn ¾ by the left on the sides, finishing 1M2L1L2M in line across, 1s facing down, 2s up;

17-24 2s1s dance the targe:

17-18 2L1L turn ¾ by the right WHILE 1M 2M chase ¼ anticlockwise around the set, finishing 2M1L2L1M on the centre line;

19-20 2M1L 2L1M turn by the left;

21-22 2s1s repeat bars 17-18 from new positions, finishing 2M1L2L1M in line across;

23-24 2M1L 2L1M turn by the left to finish 2s in 1st place, 1s in 2nd position on opposite sides, facing down, left hands joined;

25-28 1s cross down into half figures of 8 across;

29-32 1s lead up with nearer hands joined and cast to 2nd place.

  1-2   2s step up smartly; 1s finish by pulling right shoulder back to face each other in 2nd place on opposite sides.

  5-6   3s step up smartly; 1s finish by pulling left shoulder back to face each other in 3rd place on own sides.

    -12 Polite turn for Ls, especially quick for 1L.

17-24 The targe is quick. Avoid the temptation to balance-in-Line.

    -24 1s finish in the centre facing down, not in the sidelines.

29-     Take nearer hands.

31-32 In the 2^nd, 4^th and 6^th repeats, 1s cast to 4^th place of the full set so that 3s can step up to the correct place for bar 1 of the next repeat.