How to Fold an Origami Double Rowboat

Medium level, 20 steps. From Fun with Paper Folding (Murray and Rigney), 1928. Public domain.

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All 20 steps

Step 1. Start white side up. Fold in half corner to corner, then unfold.
Step 2. Fold in half along the other diagonal, then unfold.
Step 3. Fold one corner to the center.
Step 4. Fold the next corner to the center.
Step 5. Fold the next corner to the center.
Step 6. Fold the next corner to the center.
Step 7. Turn the paper over.
Step 8. Fold one corner of the new square to the center.
Step 9. Fold the next corner to the center.
Step 10. Fold the next corner to the center.
Step 11. Fold the next corner to the center.
Step 12. Turn the paper over.
Step 13. Fold one corner of the new square to the center.
Step 14. Fold the next corner to the center.
Step 15. Fold the next corner to the center.
Step 16. Fold the next corner to the center.
Step 17. Unfold everything back to the first square, with the four corners folded to the center.
Step 18. Turn the square so its edges are level.
Step 19. Push the four sides in along the creases so each corner square stands up. Press the two top legs flat toward the upper right and the two bottom legs toward the lower left.
Step 20. Fold the model in half behind along its long diagonal, with the points outside.
Done. The double rowboat (Murray and Rigney, Fun with Paper Folding, 1928).