Shantang Handkerchief | シャンタンチーフ

original doc - shantungchief.pdf

A シャンタンチーフ (50cm巾) [A Shantang Handkerchief (50cm cloth)]
B シャンタンチーフ (45cm巾) [B Shantang Handkerchief (45cm cloth)]

[NOTE: Shantung refers to a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation).]

1. [No translation necessary.]
2. 点線のところを内側に折る。
   [Fold inward on the dotted line.]
   裏 [Back side/inner side]
   柄 [Patterned side]
   
3. 二枚裏ねて, 点線の部分をもちあげて縫い合わせる。
   [Doing something (???) to the two pieces, lift up and sew together the dotted-line portion.]
   この部分から半分に折ると 4 になる。
   [If you fold this part in half, it will become step 4.]
   
4. ひも通し [String through-hole (???)]
   柄 [Printed/Patterned side]
   矢印の所より 5 cm あけて点線の部分を縫い合わせる。
   [(???) Out of the arrow-marked section, leave 5 cm open, and sew the dotted-lined portion together.]
   
5. マチを作る。
   [Make a "MACHI". (What's a "MACHI"? Sounds like match? Is there a match stitch or something?)]
   縫目をひらき三角のマチを作る。
   [Open/widen the seam/stitch and make a triangular "MACHI".]
   マチを縫い裏返すと 6図 になる。
   [Once you sew a "MACHI" and turn it inside out, it'll become figure 6.]
   底 [Bottom]
   
6. 裏 [Back side/inner side]
   柄 [Patterned side]
   柄 [Patterned side]
   
7. 5 cm あけた所を約 2.5 cm 折り,上から 2.5 cm の所を縫い, 紐通しを作る。
   [Of the 5 cm area you left open, fold approximately 2.5 cm of it; Sew 2.5 cm from the top, and make the string through-hole (???).]
   
8. 70 cm の紐2本を通し出来上がる
   [String two 70 cm cords through, and you're all done.]
   

The translation attempts follow the Japanese text in brackets - []. The question marks (???) mean that I'm either not sure that I got the correct Kanji or not sure that I'm translating it correctly. ^^;; Heh...

msword/rtf doc translation - Shantungchief_Translation_20070618

Many thanks to C. Peter Chen of WW2DB. Without his help, I wouldn't have been able to make out half the Kanji in this document.

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