Hi All

I am trying to get an opening image for a short story I wrote and I need to get an image of hands working a Cat's Cradle (with string). I could do it photographically but having to find a model with nice enough hands and then setting up a shoot seems like such a daunting chore!  :(
 So, hoping to find an easier or at least more obtainable solution I thought to try it in either pen and ink or 3D. If 3D I am going to need a string prop in the shape of a Cat's Cradle in several stage of the process forming. Is there anyone here that might know of one already made that I could get for this?
I suppose I could do the string portions in PSD but then I would need a reference image of the several stages which brings me back to the photo! :(