nycdaug Chapter 134 Bamboo Bag
Chapter 134 Bamboo Bag
After exercising in the evening, Jiang Ci was drowsy when suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and he excitedly patted the chest of the person next to him.
"What's wrong, Ci?"
Lin Jingsheng patted Jiang Ci on the back.
Jiang Ci wanted to sit up excitedly, but was stopped by her sore waist.
Lin Jingsheng hurriedly supported Jiang Ci who was almost falling face down on the bed.
"Don't be so anxious."
Lin Jingsheng helped Jiang Ci sit down and lit the candle.
He saw Jiang Ci's smiling face looking at him, "Weren't you asleep just now? Why did you wake up suddenly?"
"I haven't fallen asleep yet. I thought of another way to make money. I was a little excited for a moment."
"Aci, tell me."
"We can make all kinds of bamboo bags, and cloth bags with rough bamboo bags inside to provide support. I have many types of bamboo bags in my mind now."
“What types are there?”
"Use the very thin bamboo you use to make summer mats to weave the basket, and use harder bamboo to weave the bottom into this oval shape."
Jiang Ci gestured to Lin Jingsheng with her hands.
“There is also a rectangular bamboo bag underneath that is woven into a crossbody bag, with an adjustable shoulder strap.
Also, when cooking and running, you can mix some colorful ropes in the middle, or dye some bamboo weavings.
You can also use different bamboo weaving techniques to create some patterns in the middle. Oh, I can’t describe the feeling to you now, but you will know when I draw it tomorrow.”
"Okay, when I draw it tomorrow, I can see what Ah Ci said, and I can see people on the street carrying this kind of bamboo woven bag when they go shopping in the future."
The excitement was over, and sleepiness came again, "Okay, go to bed."
After Lin Jingsheng extinguished the candle, Jiang Ci curled up in Lin Jingsheng's arms and fell asleep.
The next day, Jiang Ci spent the whole morning in his room drawing different kinds of bamboo bags that appeared in his mind.
These are some of the current handmade bamboo handicrafts.
The most complicated type is the bamboo crossbody bag he mentioned last night, which looks similar to the bags girls carry nowadays.
The simplest ones are the more delicate baskets that are now available with colorful patterns on them.
Jiang Ci wanted to use colored cloth strips or colored linen ropes to create the patterns on it.
After being produced in this way, it has a more three-dimensional feel, which is much better than patterns painted directly.
Besides, he didn't know whether there was any way to directly apply indelible pigment on bamboo in this dynasty.
After Jiang Ci finished the painting, he showed it to Lin Jingsheng first.
"It looks great. Jiang Ci has a great idea. For baskets like this, some beautiful girls would tie some colorful ropes or weave small things on the handles. I've never seen a basket with a pattern like this before."
"I want to wrap this pattern with hemp rope. Is there any colorful hemp rope?"
"It seems that the hemp rope does not have colorful colors, but it can be dyed. You can send it to a dyeing place and dye it into the color you want."
"Then let's weave a basket and try it out with the hemp rope."
Lin Jingsheng was sitting in the yard weaving a basket, while Jiang Ci was rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for the leftover hemp rope from making toothbrushes.
I found it, but the amount seemed not enough, so I went to the soap factory to get some more.
After Lin Jingsheng had finished weaving the bottom and about an inch upwards, Jiang Ci began to wrap the hemp rope inside.
This time I wanted to insert a simple flower with stems and leaves on it. The stems and leaves below were less entangled, and the two of them cooperated well.
The hemp thread is not thick, not even half as thick as modern wool thread. Therefore, when wrapping the flowers, more thread needs to be wrapped, and the speed becomes slower.
"Don't be anxious, Ci. Take your time."
"Okay, I'm not in a hurry. Look at how this one is wrapped? Is it the same as the other petals?"
“Looks the same.”
Lin Jingsheng touched the wrapped pattern again and said, "It's really beautiful."
After the hemp rope was wrapped, Jiang Ci watched Lin Jingsheng weave the rest.
After the small basket was woven, Jiang Ci took it in her hand and looked at it from left to right. The more she looked at it, the more satisfied she became.
Maybe the basket looks better when it becomes smaller.
Jiang Ci took it over to show Ye Wan, who was making clothes at the door, "Mom, do you think this basket is pretty?"
"There can be flowers on it, too. Come and let me touch it."
He took it in his hand and touched the flower on it. "Is it tied with twine?"
"It's made of hemp rope. I thought about dyeing the rope in different colors so that I can stick colorful patterns on it."
"It would be even better if it was colorful. What kind of basket are you going to make? Tell me. Your father and I can make it together. It will be quick."
"Okay, I'll draw it on paper and get it right away."
Ye Wan put the clothes back into the house, came to where the two of them had just sat, and called Lin Shan, who had just entered the yard, over.
Jiang Ci showed Ye Wan and Lin Shan another style. It was oval at the bottom, and the long axis of the oval became longer and longer as it went up, while the short axis became shorter and shorter. It looked deflated at the top. You could just pick it up from under the basket and two handles would appear.
"Mom and Dad, please think about how to weave this style. Let's not work on the pattern above for now."
"Is this opening on top soft?"
"Well, it's soft. You can open it a certain distance and put things in it."
"Jingsheng, go get the bamboo blanks that have been prepared over there."
Jiang Ci and Lin Jingsheng watched from the side for a while, but Jiang Ci couldn't understand anything.
He understood how to weave round-bottomed baskets and bamboo baskets before, but when he tried to weave baskets, the quality was surprisingly poor.
The two of them stopped watching and started to cut out thin bamboo pieces, since they could use them anyway.
Over there, Ye Wan and Lin Shan got used to it and were no longer so nervous, so they started chatting together.
Ye Wan: "It takes skill to weave things. It's not as easy as making a toothbrush. If you want to find someone to do it, you'd better find someone who has woven bamboo baskets himself."
Lin Shan: "You can teach by hand, but it's a waste of time."
Jiang Ci: "My parents can weave bamboo baskets, and they are very beautiful. I wanted them to weave the ones I want, and then we can find someone to weave them."
Lin Jingsheng: "There is a large bamboo forest behind our village. There is no cost at all to weave bamboo baskets. It all depends on time and craftsmanship."
Jiang Ci: "If you are looking for people from other villages, are there bamboo forests in other villages?"
Lin Shan: "There is a bamboo forest behind our village. People from Zhuzhai Village and Liujia Village come here to cut bamboo. There is another bamboo forest next to Xiaoye Village. People from Jiangjiawan go there to cut bamboo."
Ye Wan: "This bamboo produces a lot of new bamboo every year, and we can't cut them all."
Well, this is the news that Jiang Ci wanted. He saw so many people digging bamboo shoots in the spring, and wondered if there would be only a few bamboos every year, and the rest would be dug up.