How to Find the North Star

I was using Sky and Telescope magazine, Astronomy magazine almost entirely. So that would mean that for me to have learned one degree of sky, you should thumb it orange length. These were standard measurements. People look, as a matter of fact, you use these ideas to find the North Star. You can come off the two pointer stars of the Big Dipper with the Hawaii sign, thumb and pinky stretched out and follow the pointers will lead you to Polaris.