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Translated by: Cadmar

Chapter 166 - Knitting

"Hey, hey, don't go crazy. [Shotgun]!"

"Meh, meh... meh eh eh..."

"Huh. It's a lot of work just to trim the goat's hair. If you can't use [Shotgun], you can't even get started."

"Are you okay, kid? Even you would be in danger if you got kicked by those jumpy legs."

"I'm sure he'll be quiet for a while since I have used [Shotgun]. The Valkyries' punishment must be working, and I'll have to trim his hair before it's too late..."

　I brought back a goat from the pasture and immediately decided to trim the goat's hair.

　But it was a very time-consuming job.

　The goat is a cowardly creature, and if it senses any danger, it will try to escape by jumping up and down with [Leap].

　I was about to cut the hair.

　But then it started resisting.

　I struggled and managed to finish the task of trimming the hair from the goat.

"The goat's hair is pure white, and it's beautiful. It feels good to the touch, old man."

"That's true. So you're going to make yarn out of it, kid?"

"Yeah, it's called yarn. I'll make a sweater out of it for protection against the cold."

　I managed to gather up the fuzzy hair I had harvested from the goats.

　I'll make it into yarn.

　Since it was just a trial, I decided to do it the way I could without much equipment.

　I made a tool called a spindle to spin the wool into yarn.

　A spindle is a tool that looks like a long frame with a rod on the shaft.

　I twisted a little bit of cleaned hair on it, attached the end of the hair to the spindle, and spun it like a frame.

　As it spins, the hairs are twisted like thread and transformed into yarn.

　This can be done as a small hobby, but it takes a lot of time if you want to make enough yarn for a lot of clothes.

　I'll ask Gran if he can make something more efficient later.

　With that in mind, I took my time and managed to turn the goat's hair into yarn.

　I wondered if the yarn would last longer if I steamed it or something.

　I'm not sure, so I'll have to experiment with that later.

　For now, I'm going to use it as is.

***

　Gathering up the finished yarn into a ball.

　Now I'm going to knit a sweater with the yarn I've made.

　I set up two knitting needles in my left and right hands.

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　I dexterously move the stick-like needles to the left and right to knit the sweater.

　I don't remember exactly what had been doing, but I remembered that I had done it in home economics class, so I kept moving the sticks.

"..... Sorry, kid. Is that going to take much time?"

"Of course. I don't even know how many days it will take."

"'I don't know how many days it's going to take.' Hey, kid, you got to get back to your other work, okay?"

"Yeah. Oh! You were talking to me and I knitted at the wrong place. Damn it, I have to go back and do it all over again!"

"Um... I'm sorry... Well, what the hell am I even doing. Anyways, good luck with that."

"All right. Call for me if you need anything."

　Perhaps it was because I had fallen silent and was still knitting.

　The ojisan who couldn't stand to see me talk to myself.

　Well, I guess it's a waste of time to just watch other people knit.

　The old man went back to his work and I continued knitting.

　By the way, I gave up knitting a sweater after a day and switched to making a scarf, which is a little easier.

***

"Ta-da! What do you think, Lilina? How does the finished scarf feel?"

"Oh, thank you very much, Ars-sama, for taking the trouble to make such a thing with your own hands."

"It's fine. So, what do you think? It's quite warm, isn't it, that scarf?"

"Yes, it is. It's very warm, Ars-sama. And it feels really good on the skin, too. It feels like I'm being stroked, yet it's warm and enveloping, and it feels reaaaally good!"

"Oh? I was expecting it to be a little more prickly, but it turned out even better than I expected. I guess it was worth all the re-knitting~"

"Yes, I'm sure everyone will want one once they use it, and I'm sure it will make going through the winter much easier, just as you has said before."

"Yes, it do think it will, even after making the scarfs and stuff. All right, let's make a sweater, gloves, and socks! You can cover your whole body with those, after all."

"Can you teach me how to knit this as well, Ars-sama?"

"Hmm, Lilina? Do you want to try knitting?"

"Yes, I would like to make something warm for you..."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lilina! I'll get another set of yarn and knitting needles for you soon. We'll work together."

"Yes!"

　And so, for my first knitting project, I made a scarf.

　After that, Lilina and Clarisse, who were by my side, joined me to make sweaters and other items in addition to the scarves.

　To put it bluntly, the ones I made was even better than the one Lilina made, which she quickly learned (to knit).

　But even so, she seemed to like the scarf I made for her.

　She continued to use it with great care.

　In this way, although it was only a little while, Barca was beginning to create an environment for making unprecedented winter gear.

 

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