Chinese Zodiac Cow potholders
Potholder for the years of Cow: 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009
Chinese Zodiac Cow
You need (for Double Knitting)
about 1/2 Scain of Mille Fili 100% Cotton in black or dark brown ● about 1/2 Scain of Mille Fili 100% Cotton in white ·2 stocking needles 1.75 - 2mm (US00 - US0) Chart for this pattern, see page 2.
Chinese Sign for ,Cow"
You need (for Double Knitting)
● about 1/2 Scain of Mille Fili 100% Cotton in black ● about 1/2 Scain of Mille Fili 100% Cotton in white · 2 stocking needles 1.75 - 2mm (US00 - US0)
Chart for this pattern, textured knit-purl only, see page 3. Double Knitting where the reverse side appears unmirrored, see page 4.
Chinese Seal in Seal Script ,Cow"
You need (for Double Knitting)
● about 1/2 Scain of Mille Fili 100% Cotton in red ● about 1/2 Scain of Mille Fili 100% Cotton in white ·2 stocking needles 1.75 - 2mm (US00 - US0) Chart for this pattern, textured knit-purl only, or Double Knitting see page 5. As this Seal-Script Sign and the pattern are symetric not seperate chart for Double Knitting is nessesary.
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You can find the instructions for the textured knit-purl only and the Double Knitting in the seperate pdf Instructions.pdf'. This file also contains the numbers to make years. The numbers can be cut and then pasted into the pattern. You also find instruction to chart the numbers in such a way that they appear unmirrored on the reverse side in Double Knitting.
Only front rows are charted! black white You can find the instructions for the textured knit-purl only and the Double Knitting in the seperate pdf Instructions.pdf'. If you want the chinese sign to appear unmirrored on the reverse side, please use pattern on page 4. This Chinese Sign is one of the 214 traditional Chinese radicals. It is used for cow, ox, beef and buffalo. It represents a stylized water buffalo with two horns, however only one horn is still visible in Modern Chinese Script. In Seal Script (page 5) you can still see both horns. More Info: http: //en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_93 Cow potholder in Double knitting, reverse side appears unmirrore
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The Chinese Seal Script is a very old script. It had its peak in the Qin-Dynasty (221 bc -207 bc) . It can be found on old stones and potery. Today the Seal Script is only used in Seals and in the art. Seals are always red in China, therefore I think red is a good color for the yarn. But you may of course use any yarn you like. For more information on Seal Script see: http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_script This Sign in Seal Script represents a cow or ox with long, curved horns as they are found in the water buffalo, the traditional cattle in China.
