The Hypnotized Handkerchief

Hypnotize a handkerchief to move at your command!

REQUIREMENTS: One handkerchief with a hem, one drinking straw
In order to perform this effect you will need to take a drinking straw and flatten it out.
This is easier with the old fashioned paper straws, but a plastic straw will do.
Be careful not to mangle the straw as you flatten it. Next, sew the straw into the hem of a handkerchief as s
hown in Figure 1. Make certain the straw is secured in place so it won ' t slip down in the hem.
When ready to perform the trick, grasp the corner indicated with an " A " in Figure 1.








Tie a knot in that corner and let the handkerchief hang down from the knot. Announce you are going to
" hypnotize " the handkerchief. With your other hand take the middle of the handkerchief where corner " B " is,
as in Figure 2, and drop the knot. Gesture with your free hand as if " hypnotizing the handkerchief.












By moving your thumb on the straw, you can cause the handkerchief to slowly rise until it seems balanced on your
fingers ( Figure 3 ), and then gently drop back down!