Yin Qianhe followed the method taught by his sister to make willow carbon strips. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info first went to the river to fold some fresh willow branches back, peeled the skin, and then burned on the fire for a while, and then smothered with a damp cloth. In fact, it is to let the willow branches not burn completely, and then you can get charcoal strips.

Yin Qianyi said that the willow charcoal strips were originally sold, but the kind sold were all burned whole, and the hands were very dirty after drawing the manuscript in their hands. If you do it yourself, you can leave a part of the willow branch as a pen holder, which is clean and convenient to use.

Yin Qianhe's understanding of "antiquity" is constantly refreshed by the wise ancients. Not only are there toothbrushes with wooden ponytails, but also charcoal made of wicker, which is really impressive.

With the willow charcoal strips, Yin Qianhe can make a draft, and he is much more handy in drawing, and he has drawn a rendering of women's clothing in less than half a day. Although the painting is not so satisfying, she is painting Chinese painting with watercolor techniques after all, and the requirements cannot be too high.

After she finished painting, she asked Yin Qianyi to help her polish a few strokes, but it was the finishing touch.

The renderings are drawn, and there is no pattern maker to draw the structural drawing, so I don't know if the tailor here can make the clothes directly. It stands to reason that it should be possible, and it seems that they generally make clothes based on their experience. Just choose the right fabric for them.

Speaking of this fabric, I don't know what specific fabrics are here, are they all Ayara thick forging? This is to find out from Buzhuang to understand.

Early the next morning, Yin Qianhe went out to find a cloth village to learn about the fabric. For clothing design, the choice of fabric is also extremely important, the same style can be made with different fabrics can be very different, of course, there may be unexpected surprises.

She found a splendid cloth village on Xihua Street near her home, which was large and generous, and thought it was a good place with a complete variety.

She walked into the cloth village, and saw that the shopkeeper and the man were busy greeting other guests, and seemed to have no time to take care of her, so she chose to look at it herself.

The cloth on the shelves is dazzling, with a wide variety of colors, but most of her names are not famous, so she can only look east and west, and carefully study and study if she has a special fancy.

When a fellow was free, he came to her and asked, "What kind of cloth do you want to buy, girl?"

"I don't know either, so I'll buy it if I look good. Can you give me an introduction? ”

"Girl, do you want to make clothes, or do you want to use them for some other purpose?"

"Making clothes?"

"Do you wear it yourself?"

"Yes, I wear it."

"So be it." The man turned around and went to the shelf to fetch a cloth with a red ground yellow flower, "This is our new ethereal folded branch begonia flower soft satin, which is the most flattering to a girl like you." At this time, you will be dressed and dressed to ensure that you are as beautiful as a fairy, and everyone will definitely look back at you when you walk on the road. ”

Women are naturally happy to be praised for their beauty, and Yin Qianhe is no exception, she was said to be smiling, "Your little brother is really good at talking, presumably your business is so good, and the credit of your mouth is not small." ”

She carefully studied the cloth, the fabric looked smooth and smooth, and the texture was soft to the touch, which was indeed very comfortable.

"And how much does this satin cost?"

"The whole horse is eight hundred dollars a hanging."

Yin Qianhe has already asked Yin Qianyi about the currency, and a hanging of money can be exchanged for one or two pieces of silver. The cloth looked more than a meter wide, but she didn't know how long, and she couldn't convert the price.

"What's the length of your cloth?"

"Girl, what you asked, we are all made according to the production method, of course a piece of cloth is more than four feet." The guy was a little surprised and said that probably no one had asked him such a "stupid question" yet.

Yin Qianhe still understood the basic units of zhang and ruler, so he didn't continue to be "stupid". Subsequently, I learned about some other good-looking fabrics, all kinds of pigmented silk, plain silk, patterned silk, tulle, flower satin, light yarn, etc., all of which are good fabrics.

The colors are also varied, such as frost, water, patina, emerald green, red (why is there no purple), crimson, begonia red, duck yellow, goose yellow, and apricot yellow. Many colors are different from the names that were common a thousand years later, for example, fine white and silk can be called white, while moon white and snow white are a little bluish, and frost is similar to high-grade gray.

The texture is mostly plain, and there are also twill, some are tighter, and some are sparse.

After asking around, Yin Qianhe roughly estimated that if the cost of making a dress with these fabrics is not low, the unit price is estimated to be about one or two hangings to make money.

"Do you have any cheaper cloth here that isn't silk?"

As soon as the words came out, the enthusiastic face of the Buzhuang guy immediately cooled, he stretched out his hand to the corner and pointed to the corner, and said lazily: "Well, those few linen cloths are cheap."

In the corner lay a few gray and dull cloths, very inconspicuous. If it hadn't been pointed out by the guy, Yin Qianhe really wouldn't have noticed. Although the cloth looked rough, it was somewhat similar to the fabric of the linen clothes she had worn before.

"Can you bring one over and I'll take a look?"

The man seemed reluctant, and muttered, "Girl, you have seen so many pieces of cloth again and again, do you want to buy it or not?"

"I'll buy it if I'm optimistic, don't you open a store and don't let customers see the goods?"

Yin Qianhe is not cowardly. You know, when she used to go to various clothing stores to learn about the new clothing styles, she tried them one by one and didn't buy them. This is one of the necessary homework for her to do design, even if it is to risk all kinds of dislike and dislike of the clothing store clerk, she has to be cheeky. Therefore, the attitude of the cloth shop guy was just a small scene in front of her, and it couldn't deter her.

The guy had to bring another piece of linen cloth and show it to Yin Qianhe. As soon as she took it, she let out a "bang", this linen cloth was a little prickly, and the texture was completely different from that of linen clothes. If this cloth is made into clothes and worn on the body, it will definitely itch the skin, and it must not be used in her designs.

Coming out of the splendid cloth village, Yin Qianhe went to a few other cloth villages, and the situation was much the same, nothing more than that the goods in the big store were many varieties and mainly silk, and the goods in the small store were relatively single and mainly in hemp.

After turning for a long time, Yin Qianhe has gained a lot of knowledge, and also clarified the product positioning of Yun Xiangyi, and concluded that she can only make mid-to-high-end clothing.

The first is because there are many types of silk fabrics, which are comfortable and beautiful, and are the first choice for making clothes.

Second, if you want to make money, you still have to start with the rich. In this era of small-scale peasant economy, most ordinary people still live a self-sufficient life, weaving and sewing their own clothes, and will not come to buy the ready-to-wear clothes in her store. Moreover, many people live in poverty and have no spare money at all. After all, the overall productive forces at this time were still relatively backward and could not be compared with those of the 21 st century. Even if she herself wants to live simply, she must try to figure out this social law.

There are no shopping malls and clothing stores to visit, so it's good to visit cloth stores. After Yin Qianhe finished shopping, he bought a few pieces of cloth and planned to go back to the tailor to cut two samples and come out to see.