latelenovela Chapter 337 1 The family worked together to make an ancient style sweater (with modifications)
Chapter 337 1 The family worked together to make an ancient style sweater (with modifications)
The group happily gathered in Mr. Gu's living room and talked about what they had seen and heard on the grassland during this period.
The Gu family's smart butler and Song Renjing's secret guards, under the leadership of Zhisheng, began to sort out the goods they brought back.
Those belonging to Song Renjing were moved directly into Song Renjing's yard.
Those belonging to Gu Xiang and Gu Fu were moved into Mr. Gu’s living room.
Gu Fu asked Zhibao to show the animal skins and wool, and ran to Jiang and said, "Aunt, Fu'er has an idea."
"What good ideas does our Fu'er have? Tell us about it quickly." Jiang asked with interest.
“This time in the grassland, we exchanged a lot of wool and animal skins, and I want to teach the women in the valley how to make woolen yarn.
Wool is made into yarn and animal skins are made into leather clothing.
It is not only warm in winter, but also a new product that will definitely make a lot of money.
"Auntie can help dye wool and animal skins. What do you think of this? Can you do it?" Gu Fu asked.
Jiang thought for a moment and asked, "Then is it easy to make this wool and fur coat?"
“It’s very easy to make. There are a few more steps to make the yarn, but it’s not difficult.
Making a sweater is even easier. You just need to sharpen two bamboo sticks to make it.
Even children can learn it." Thinking of his past life, when he made gloves and scarves in an orphanage as a child, Gu Fu explained.
When everyone in the living room heard that there was such a simple method of making clothes, they all became interested.
"Fuer, please tell us in detail." Gu Dahai urged.
"The first step is to make wool into yarn. The first step is to soak the wool in hot water and then wash it. You can add it to your washing and care kit to wash it, which will make it cleaner.
After washing, you can put the wool in a pot, add water and simmer over low heat to get lanolin.
After the boiled wool is washed and dried, it is then combed.
Comb the wool until it is smooth, then twist the soft wool together using the twisting method, and twist the thread to make it longer to form wool yarn.
The soft ones can be used to make clothes, and the slightly harder scraps can be used to make carpets." Gu Fu explained carefully to everyone.
After listening to Gu Fu's explanation, everyone felt that it was not difficult.
Today, except for Gu Dajiang, Miao and Gu Ji, everyone else is here. Gu Dahe, who is the most hands-on, suggested, "Dad, we have some wool, why don't we try this method today."
The boys were also very curious and responded one after another.
Mr. Gu waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's get started."
"okay!"
"Sister Fuer, what is lanolin used for?" Song Renjing asked.
“It’s very useful. Not only can it be used to make skin care products, it can also form a protective film on the skin surface to prevent moisture loss.
It can also be added to some medicines to enable the drugs to adhere better to the skin, help the drugs to be released slowly, and make the drugs more lubricated and easier to apply.
It can also be applied on iron objects to prevent rust." Gu Fu explained.
Next, the Gu family worked together to collect the wool.
The two brothers Gu Dahai, along with a few older boys, the smart housekeeper and the secret guards, were responsible for washing the wool.
The two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Wen, set up a mobile firewood stove in the yard and began to boil water for wool. While boiling, they skimmed off the lanolin floating on the water, put it into a jar, and then filtered it with clean gauze.
The wool from which lanolin has been extracted is fished out and handed over to Gu Dahai and his team for cleaning. The thoroughly clean wool is put into a clean bag and blown dry through the small holes with a fan.
Gu Fu and his younger brothers, with their own smart butlers, began to comb the wool.
Mr. Gu, his smart housekeeper and Uncle Nong were kneading the weeds together.
With such division of labor and cooperation, more than 20 people worked for a whole day, processed more than 200 kilograms of wool, and obtained about 180 kilograms of wool yarn.
Everyone was very satisfied when they saw the output.
The next step is dyeing. The dyes are ready-made. Put the wool into the prepared dye solution and then soak it for an hour.
Everyone took advantage of the hour to eat and have a good rest.
After dinner, they all avoided Song Renjing and found a place to take out their phones to search.
The main purpose was to see how clothes were made in the video, so Gu Dahai hid in his own studio and made two pieces for everyone using the bamboo needles in the video.
After the wool was soaked, Jiang and his friends took it out and gave it to Gu Dahai and his friends to wash until the water became completely clear. Then they wrung the wool dry and used a fan to blow it dry.
Gu Fu was not idle either. While everyone was cleaning the wool, he looked up the methods of making ancient-style sweaters. Such as color matching weaving, three-dimensional relief weaving…
I also drew some designs for vintage sweaters.
The colors that the Gu family dyes their hair include black and gold, red, yellow, pink, green, and light blue.
The blow-dried wool is fluffy and moist, and changes slightly with the light, making the color of the wool soft and exuding natural beauty.
Next, the family gathered in Grandpa Gu’s living room and learned how to make sweaters from Gu Fu.
After some explanation and demonstration, everyone quickly got the hang of it.
Suddenly, Gu Ru shouted, "Help! My row of flags is wrong. What should I do? I've ruined all the wool!"
Gu Ru said frustratedly.
"Brother Ru, don't be afraid. You can be careful to remove the wrong row and then continue weaving." Gu Fu said, and stepped forward to demonstrate to Gu Ru. Although the others did not make any mistakes, they all gathered around to learn.
After half a night of hard work, everyone's finished product finally came out.
Gu Fu knitted herself a pink dress that reached her ankles, with woolen tassels embellishing the cuffs and hem. The hem of the sweater was carved with a three-dimensional relief of a landscape and peach forest. The whole sweater was like a beautiful landscape painting.
Jiang knitted herself a red sweater dress with a slanted collar and a cloud shoulder pattern on the collar, which was very elegant and graceful.
Wen knitted herself a yellow sweater dress with a slanted collar, and knitted a few small flowers with other colored yarns on the cuffs, neckline, and hem. It was very fresh and beautiful.
Men's sweaters are simple, some are blue, some are black and gold, some are green, and some are yellow, but most are solid colors.
Only Song Renjing and the beautiful-loving Gu Yi, one chose a black and gold style with green bamboo embroidery, and the other chose bright red. They knitted a bright red sweater robe for themselves according to the grassland costume that Gu Fu took out.
The ones worn by others were all simple solid colors, which Jiang and her family naturally couldn't bear to see, so they knitted one for each of the men in the family.
While the adults were busy, Song Renjing found Gu Fu and said, "Sister Fu'er, I want to make a set for my grandfather. Can you teach me how to weave the pattern in three dimensions?"