Tinch failed!

The first time I explained the construction diagram of the loom to Jing, the other party never understood why he did it. This made the confident Ding Qi have a sense of frustration for the first time, could it be that there is a problem with his ability to explain?

Ding Qi tried many times, but failed, and Jing's comprehension in this area never improved.

There was no way, Ding Qi had to start with the principle of weaving bamboo mats. The bamboo mat is very popular with everyone after it is braided, especially when sleeping at night, it is very comfortable to sleep on the cool bamboo mat. Later, the bamboo mat developed into a tool for everyone to dry, and in autumn, the animal skin was directly padded on it, which looked clean and tidy.

"Jing, let's take our time, don't rush. You know the principle of weaving bamboo mats, and its main purpose is to weave bamboo strips together and synthesize them into a bamboo mat. I haven't told you before, the vertical bamboo strips on the bamboo mat are the warp, the horizontal bamboo strips are the weft, and the warp and weft are intertwined to become the bamboo mat. ”

Ding Qi took some bamboo strips and woven them in front of the thorns. The principle of bamboo weaving is very simple, and Jing can understand it as soon as he listens to it.

"Then let me ask you, when the bamboo strips are replaced with this kind of kudzu vine fiber, can they be combined together to weave something similar to a bamboo mat?"

Ding Qi guided Jing step by step, allowing Jing to empathize. Jing thought for a while, and replied uncertainly:

"I guess so, they're all similar."

"That's right! That's right, the thing that resembles a bamboo mat made of kudzu vine fibers is called cloth. If it is a cloth woven from kudzu fibers, it is called kudzu cloth, and if it is a cloth woven from hemp fibers, it is called linen. ”

"Cloth? Gebu? Burlap? Chief, is the loom you are talking about for weaving? ”

Jing suddenly realized, but he didn't know that Ding Qi despised him in his heart.

"Yes, you've finally figured it out, of course the loom is for weaving. Therefore, the principle of weaving bamboo mats just now is the same as the principle of weaving kudzu rattan fibers into cloth, that is, the warp and weft knots I just talked about are interwoven to weave the cloth. The loom is to intersperse the weft threads between the upper and lower layers of warp threads, and after compacting, it finally becomes a piece of cloth. ”

Despise is contempt, Ding Qi still has to talk about it.

"Understood, Chief. Is the picture you drew a loom? But I don't have any idea, and besides, your drawing is a bit complicated, and it will take a lot of time to make this kind of loom if it is made, and it will not be able to be made in a short period of time. Do you have a simpler loom there? ”

Ding Qi laughed, Jing finally understood, and immediately gave the other party a big thumbs up.

"Jing, you're smart. It's my negligence, you've never seen a loom, although there are structural drawings, but it's really complicated, I should start from the most basic principle, make a loom. ”

Jing's words also reminded Ding Qi, and he immediately stood up, walked around the courtyard, and began to search in his memory bank.

The most basic principle of weaving cloth is to cross the weft between the upper and lower layers of warp threads to form a cloth. So, is it possible to make a simple loom to achieve such a goal?

The loom he has seen before is the product of reform and innovation after successive dynasties, and is the crystallization of the wisdom of industrious working people, far exceeding the previous weaving methods in terms of weaving speed, width, and quality. But this loom also has its drawbacks

That is, the structure is complex, not that the manufacturing experts in this area can not grasp the essence of the loom, and it needs to be explored slowly, and what is needed is not a generation, but three or four generations or even dozens of generations of efforts to be able to achieve.

However, Ding Qi is confident, he has the structure diagram of the loom in his head, and after Jing understands it thoroughly, he can really copy it. This was the perk of being a time-traveler, and he was glad that he was born in that era and had seen the loom in style.

So, what is the simplest loom?

Waist machine!

In the 21st century, when the textile technology is quite developed, there are still relatively primitive looms such as the Yi and Jingpo ethnic minorities still using the waist machine, also known as the loom.

The main tools of the waist machine are: two horizontal logs at the front and back, which are equivalent to the roll and warp beam on the modern loom. There are no brackets at a fixed distance between them, but instead of scaffolding, people are used to tie them around the weaver's waist with a belt. There was also a wooden machete, a shuttle, a thicker warp divider, and a thinner heald rod.

When weaving, the weaver sits on the floor and controls the tension of the warp by the position of his feet and the spine of his waist. The warp is divided into upper and lower layers by the warp stick, forming a natural shed, and then the bamboo heald rod is used to pass vertically through the upper warp yarn with a line from the upper warp, and the lower warp yarn is hung up one by one, so that the upper and lower layers can be reversed by lifting the stick by hand to form a new shed.

When the shuttle pulls the weft through the shed, it is also beaten with a wooden machete. The shuttle may be a thin wooden pole, or it may be a bone needle with weft wires wound around it, or it can be a shuttle of that kind in the shape of a boat.

The waist machine has three main movements: opening the shed up and down, threading the weft thread left and right, and tightening the weft thread before and after, and has the most basic textile weaving function. The waist machine realizes the vertical and horizontal interweaving of warp and weft threads and weaves into cloth, so that human beings bid farewell to the ignorant era of grass and wood food, and enter the era of civilization of taking textiles.

"There you have it, I'll show you how to make a simple loom!"

Thinking of the waist machine, Ding Qi jumped up excitedly. Deep down, I am constantly thanking CCTV Documentary Channel for showing the waist machine of ethnic minorities to Ding Qi. It was also because of Jing's reminder that Ding Qi returned from the complicated loom to the most primitive way of weaving.

What does that old saying come about? Simple is the most effective!

In the primitive period when technology was extremely backward, if human beings had the ability to weave cloth, they could only start from the simplest things. As Jing said, no matter how advanced the loom painted by Ding Qi is, no matter how good the woven cloth is, it cannot solve the problem that the tribe currently has no cloth. Such an advanced but complex machine requires repeated research, and it is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Ding Qi instructed Jing to find the spun kudzu vine fiber thread, kudzu thread, and he went to prepare other things. When ready, Ding Qi began to wrap the kudzu thread around two wooden sticks, each two meters long, and divided the warp thread into two layers according to the principle of weaving, and the middle was divided into two warp sticks.

Tinch sat on a stool, one stick tied to his waist with a rope, and the other on his feet, leaving enough length for him to taut the warp threads.

Pulling it down, he straightened out the other parts of the waist machine one by one, including the heald rod that lifted the warp.

Jing on the side was very engaged, thinking repeatedly about the meaning of Ding Qi's doing, and found that the leader did this

, a simple loom came out. It's just that it's a little inconvenient when threading the weft, and it's always a bit time-consuming and laborious to use a wooden stick to pass through.

However, through Ding Qi's demonstration, he finally understood the basic principle of the loom, and thought about how to use the principle of this waist machine, combined with Ding Qi's drawings to study how to make the complex loom.

Looking at Ding Qi again, it was obvious that he had already devoted himself to the labor of weaving, and he was a little tired of it, and before he knew it, it had come to night, until he could no longer see the movements in his hands.

When I turned around, there was a circle of people around, including seven or eight people such as deer, Qiao'er, sheep's horn, and Jing, and there were three or four torches lit next to them, and eight butter lamps were lit in front of me.

Ding Qi smiled apologetically, stretched his waist, and said with a smile:

"Oops! I'm sorry, I'm going to finish weaving as soon as I knit it, come on, help me clean it up. ”

But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, everyone's eyes were not on himself, or not on his face, but on the freshly woven kudzu cloth on his leg, and their eyes lit up.

Qiao and Lu reached out and touched the piece of arrowroot cloth that was seventy or eighty centimeters long, and the smooth and soft feeling instantly touched their fingertips.

"It's so comfortable!"

Qiao tilted his head and looked at Ding Qi, his admiring gaze made Ding Qi a little embarrassed, hurry up and stay away from her, so as not to be jealous of the deer around her, although she has nothing to eat!

"Chief, is this what Jing just said? It's much more comfortable than those animal skins, and if it were made into clothes and worn on the body, it would be comfortable! ”

Ding Qi coughed, looked around and said:

"Yes, this is kudzu cloth, and it is also the fabric that I have been telling you about before that can be made into clothes. When the tribe's hemp is on a large scale, we can also weave linen, wear linen clothes, and dye these fabrics into other colors, which are comfortable and beautiful to wear. ”

With the help of everyone, Ding Qi stood up and twisted twice, and a crackling sound sounded on his body.

"Moreover, the wool you are spinning now can also be used to weave woollen cloth or blankets, and you can try to weave them with this loom."

Ding Qi pointed to the simple loom and said to everyone, extending the function of the loom to more aspects.

"Chief, you can make us some more of these looms, the whole thirty or fifty will be fine, and I will arrange for someone to come and learn how to weave." I can't wait to put on the clothes made of arrowroot, I don't know how comfortable it is. ”

Who knows, Ding Qi is even more anxious than her.

"Thirty or fifty? It's too little, this loom is very simple, at least a hundred of them, Jing, this task is handed over to you! ”

Jing's face was black: "......"

Ding Qi is so anxious, he wants to quickly have a set of down jackets made of arrowroot, and see if he can combine tung oil to make a waterproof and windproof down jacket, this idea doesn't know if it's crazy or not? But what is the name of this down jacket? Tung oil down jacket? Tung oil kudzu down jacket?

That's a great idea!

Ding Qi's mind was racing, and he thought of so much, and he really sighed that he had a talent for marketing planning.