Chapter 108: The Making of the Cloth
Chen Chao led the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to rest in the cave near the Brown Tribe, but it was not yet noon, and there was nothing to do.
Chen Chao discussed with the little old man, and planned to let Qu lead the killer five and the two newly exchanged men of the Brown tribe to hunt together to supplement the consumption of food.
It is best if you can hunt medium-sized beasts with hair, so that you can not only replenish the meat, but also get a cold-proof animal skin for the few new people who join, after all, it is not a matter to wear cold bark all the time~
Maybe you can't go out for an hour with the big tribe, and you'll catch a cold. If you accidentally don't carry your life, the Tianyuan tribe will really lose a lot of money...
Before leaving, Chen Chao took out two of the six animal skins of the little old man and gave them to the two new men. However, they were only wrapped around their bodies, and their chests and waists were tied with straw ropes, which kept them warm and did not affect their movements.
He also asked the little old man to find him two pairs of straw sandals with hemp nests, as well as animal skins and socks.
With the help of Qu, the two new men quickly learn how to wear straw sandals.
As for the animal skin clothes on his body, Chen Chao asked the two of them to stretch their arms and legs, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong with the activity, he asked the two of them to set off with Qu and the killer five.
The rest of the people stayed near the cave, gathering stones and wood suitable for making weapons, and matching spears to the four men and three women who joined the new group. The stone axe can only be put away first, and then made when you see a suitable stone on the road.
Those who had no animal skin clothes or shoes to wear for the time being could only stay in the cave and bake the fire shivering.
Just after noon, the first bark was delivered by the Brown tribe. After the bark was delivered, Chen Chao asked them to put the bark at the entrance of the cave.
Then he called the spear-making men out and carried the bark into the cave, and he began to study how the cloak was made.
Chen Chao probably checked it, and the clothes are not very neat. The required materials are as follows:
Step 1: The brown bark of the palm tree. (Existing)
Step 2: Brown rope, this one is made from palm leaves. (Not yet, let's try to see if we can use straw rope instead, if not, wait for the people from the Brown tribe to come at night and ask for it, and it is estimated that if you ask for another demand, you may have to lose several pairs of straw sandals.) )
(Another: This step is very troublesome and requires the matching of iron claws, which is unlikely to be realized at present.) )
Step 3: Prepare iron needles and thimbles. (There are no iron needles, but there are bone needles from when I used to make animal skin clothes.) I didn't get a thimble, and it was estimated that it would be more prickly, but it wasn't unbearable.
Or let Qu's little follower Banzhi temporarily follow the method of making wheels, get a few wooden 'thimbles' out and see if they can be used first? )
After first finding the bone needle he was carrying with him from the little old man, Chen Chao went to find some thinner straw ropes, and then told Zhi what he wanted.
Chen Chao spread out the bark he had just gotten on the ground and began to think about how to sew this thing.
It didn't take long for Zhi to come to Chen Chao with the first version of the wooden 'thimble'. But the effect was not satisfactory, Chen Chao thought that this thing might be a wrench, just to protect his hand from being pricked by needles.
In the early days, there was indeed a wooden roof, but the existing processing technology still could not handle such a delicate thing, but it could only be used reluctantly.
After preparing the tools, Chen Chao began to ponder the weaving of the robe.
The first step of weaving the coat is to start from the neckline, the neckline part should be arranged with 15 or 6 palm leaves, the neckline is sewn with a brown lock, and then the neckline is shaped, the neckline is plasticized with a round bowl, and the neckline is finally patted after the neckline is done, so that the collar of the coat is soft and more comfortable to wear.
The second step is positioning, the positioning of the cloth is first threaded through the needle and then the lead, and the surface and the bottom of the cloth should be stitched together by a fine thread, this process is called "thorn palm lily".
The third process is "stitching", and the production of the garment mainly relies on splicing, which will be spliced together with brown lock shoulders, chests, and skirts.
The little old man with sheep's horns saw Chen Chao laying the bark on the ground and making a gesture, he stepped forward curiously, and happened to be used as a mannequin by Chen Chao.
I don't know much about the tiling, but when it is draped over the person, the bark is immediately three-dimensional when it is stretched out. Some things that Chen Chao didn't understand before also understood immediately.
The first step is relatively simple, and it is important to note that the second and third steps are the same.
The second step involves the rain protection effect of the cloth and the effect of movement in the rain.
Therefore, to make a mold, it is necessary to choose a brown sheet with a wider and longer brown surface to make the mold.
The whole coat looks like a big butterfly, with slightly upturned wings and a round neckline made of a bone in the middle. Draped on the body, no matter how heavy the rain is, it will not make people wet.
The upper skirt is 3 feet wide and 2 feet long (this is the general size, but there is no accurate measurement tool now, and the production standard is mainly based on the 'model' little old man).
The lower skirt is shaped like a 'horizontal axis' and is more than 3 feet wide and 1.8 feet long (same here).
On either side of the 'horizontal axis' are two pieces of skirt, which hang down from the chest and then enclose the lower legs.
The third step involves how to put everything together before it, and it is also a crucial point.
The garment has a surface and an inside, and both sides must be stitched. The spacing inside is large, and the spacing between the thick and sparse lines is about 1 inch, but the stitches on the surface of the spacing are dense and there is no spacing.
This, the current technology can be realized, but it is quite time-consuming and manpower-consuming, I don't know how much time it takes to make a complete coat...
Fortunately, there are now three more women in the team, and it is not realistic to let them push a day's wheelbarrow during the day. It is estimated that they can only handle the logistics for the team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they cannot be allowed to eat dry food for nothing.
It is estimated that the production of the clothes in the later stage will be mainly entrusted to them.
After figuring out the idea of making the clothes, Chen Chao called the three women who were baking the fire, and the other two men who didn't go out also followed.
Chen Chao didn't say anything after seeing it, it's good to have one more person to learn, and when the time comes, two more people can help to help weave the clothes.
It wasn't until the sun set that Chen Chao had just started the third step of making the clothes, and the hunting team led by Qu returned with a full load.
The first thing I saw was a few people at the front, each carrying four pheasants of the Brown Tribe. Chen Chao was very satisfied, it seemed that the two new people who had joined were very conscious, and they took Qu and them to the place where the Brown tribe often hunted so quickly.
When he saw Qu and the others behind him still carrying a few fluffy little black bears on their shoulders, Chen Chao's face changed.
it...
Little Black Bear...
Do you dare to catch it?
Although I don't know how Qu caught the little black bear, it is estimated that the little black bear's mother is on the way to find the child at the moment.
Chen Chao asked Zhengmeizizi's hunting team to hurry back to the cave, and then called out the little old man and quickly said the specific situation.
The little old man's face changed when he heard this, because it was about to get dark. As long as it gets dark, it will be very detrimental to our operations.
He told Chen Chao about the worries in his heart, Chen Chao also nodded, and then told the little old man about his specific plan.
Anyway, it's dark to fight, and that's a big deal, although a bonfire can be lit now. But on the one hand, they don't have enough wood, so it's okay to light a small bonfire in the cave for one night, and a few large bonfires outside the cave for one night.
Now I can only cower in the cave for one night, and wait until dawn tomorrow to compete with the black bear mother who may come to find the child!
And if you want to huddle in the cave for a night, you have to go to the Brown tribe to borrow a relatively large stone to block the entrance of the cave. The second thing to confirm is whether there is a second air outlet in this cave.
Then it's a matter of preparing all the supplies for the evening in advance, as much wood as possible, and as much snow as possible.
After Chen Chao finished talking about his plan, the little old man agreed very much. The two hit it off and decided to hurry up and work together. Chen Chao took two strong men to borrow stones, while the little old man organized the initial fortifications and stockpiled enough wood and snow water and other daily supplies on the side of the cave.