A Sturdy Life Begins From Surviving on a Deserted Island

Chapter 46

Chapter 46 Spinning Wheel and Loom

When Liu Kun came back after cleaning the pot, there was another half pot of water in the pot - this was for Su Xi to fry medicine.

"Unfortunately, the casserole has not been fired yet, otherwise, it will definitely be better!"

Liu Kun sighed silently, then put all the herbs in the pot and started decoction.

Fortunately, this pot is stainless steel, otherwise, it would be really impossible to cook.

After frying the medicine, Liu Kun took bamboo, wood and rattan and started to make spinning wheels and looms.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing Liu Kun start cutting bamboo and wood, Su Xi looked over curiously.

"A thread-maker and a loom?"

Although Su Xi knows nothing about weaving, she still knows the common sense that cotton can be made into cotton thread and cotton thread can be woven.

"Yes~

Make a spinning wheel first.

Then it is ready to be spun. "

"need my help?"

"You keep making cotton sliver~

This spinning wheel is very simple~"

As Liu Kun said, he made a big hand-cranked wheel out of bamboo.

Then I cut out a good spindle rod with a thin wooden stick and put it on the shelf.

Finally, use thin rattan to connect the big wheel to the spindle rod on the shelf, and the spinning wheel is done.

"Okay, the spinning wheel is ready, let me teach you how to spin~"

"Huh?! So fast?"

Su Xi looked at the spinning wheel curiously.

She had seen this kind of thing in the history books, but it was unclear how to use it.

"I'll tell you the reason first."

Liu Kun picked up a sliver and started talking.

"Cotton can be twisted into threads by hand. The main principle is to rotate cotton fibers into threads. Can you understand this?"

"Yes~"

"A spindle is usually a heavy object with a pointed tip.

First rub out a short thread of cotton, then wrap it around the tip of the spindle, and let the spindle rotate and fall naturally. This is to use the inertia of the heavy object to rotate the cotton and quickly turn it into a thread.

And this spinning wheel is powered by a large hand-cranked wheel, quickly rotates the spindle below, and then rotates rapidly by the spindle to turn cotton into thread~

When you are spinning, hold the sliver in your left hand and shake the spinning wheel in your right hand, so you can master the rhythm~”

"It's that simple!"

Su Xi's eyes were full of curiosity and eagerness to try.

She hadn't rested well, hadn't eaten well a while ago, and had been drenched in heavy rain, leaving the root of her illness.

It's nothing when the mind is in a state of tension all the time.

But now once relaxed, the body will automatically adjust.

That's why she has a fever.

However, it is also for this reason that her fever is not serious and her spirits are good.

"It's that simple.

The road is simple~"

Liu Kun smiled and handed the spinning wheel to Su Xi. He got up and looked at the medicine in the pot. After calculating the time, he found that it would take a while to fry.

"I suddenly realized that you seem to know everything?"

Instead of spinning, Su Xi looked at Liu Kun curiously.

"Then you say that the principle of the loom is also very simple?"

"Of course~

weaving~

Isn't it just to fix some warp threads and quickly shuttle weft threads~"

Liu Kun said, and began to make a loom.

A simple loom that is really easy to make.

The main thing is that it takes a while to make a wooden shelf, but this is not difficult for Liu Kun. It didn’t take long for him to make a loom.

"Look, this is the simplest loom."

Liu Kun said, pointing to the foot pedal under the loom.

"This pedal is attached to the stick above it.

And this wooden stick will use cotton rope to make some rings in the future to fix the half warp thread, which will move as the stick moves up and down.

The other half of the warp is in a fixed position.

As soon as you step on the pedal, the stick will go up, and the warp will also go up, and when you release the pedal, the board will go down, and the warp will also go down.

Between such a rise and a fall, it's time for you to use fast threading. "

"So simple?"

"Yeah~"

Liu Kun smiled, then brought the pot of medicine that had been fried and cooled for a while.

"Now that you've learned it, drink some medicine and get some sleep~

Guarantee you can help me tomorrow like a sturdy calf! "

"Don't you say I'm a pig in the morning~

Why do you like to use animals as examples? "

"Because I'm a veterinarian~

how?

Afraid to drink the medicine the veterinarian gave you? "

"Who said no!