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Learn to spin your pen around your thumb
By Elliot Goodrich
Most people know of someone, or have seen someone who can effortlessly spin a pen around their thumb. A great majority of those people have then tried to do this, and failed. This article will help teach you this skill. Things you will need
1. Ideally a pen or pencil of a decent length and devoid of protruding parts.
2. Some spare time
3. Patience
Guide
1. Hold the pen between the thumb and the first finger, with the center of the pen to the left of the thumb (if you are right handed).
2. Place your second finger onto the side of the pen (roughly where the center is) (image).
3. With your second finger, gently push the pen in a circular motion, and try to get it to rotate around the thumb (image).
4. As the pen travels around, move your first finger away from the hand, ready to catch the pen (image).
4. Close your first finger to catch the pen as it completes one counterclockwise revolution (right handed) (image).
Tips
1. Use the first finger to hold the pen, and the second to push. Dont try to push with both, or hold the pen with both.
2. This may take a few days to peform compentently, and will take patience.
3. Find a longer pen to practise with if you are struggling.
4. Dont push too hard on the pen, only a small amount of force is needed to get it to travel around the thumb.
About the Author:
Webmaster of PSConclave: The Pen Spinning Wiki, pen spinner, and a student in the United Kingdom.
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