I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 227 Knitting a Scarf

Yarn has many uses, and Bai Ling decided to knit the simplest scarf first.

Bai Ling had prepared the knitting needles long ago; they were made of iron. Initially, Bai Ling planned to make them from wood, but after whittling the wood for a while, he gave up on that idea and instead asked his tribesmen to make a mold. Then, he asked the orcs in the ironworks to make four knitting needles for him.

The scarves Bai Ling wove were naturally made using the simplest flat knitting method. Several of the young beastmen who initially followed Bai Ling to learn spinning had already spun quite a bit of yarn. They also went to the ironworks to exchange for knitting needles and followed Bai Ling to learn knitting.

Bai Ling didn't let them start knitting scarves right away. Instead, she had them practice knitting first, including knitting stitches, purl stitches, knitting and purl stitches, binding off, adding stitches, and knitting together. These are the most basic knitting techniques. Once they've mastered these, it's not too late to practice other techniques.

The beastmen weren't stupid; these stitches weren't complicated and could be done with just two knitting needles. Some beastmen weren't particularly interested in knitting, but because yarn could be used to make clothes, even those who weren't interested persisted. Others, like Bai Ling's uncle Qu, were very interested in knitting. He almost never let go of his two knitting needles, and he even spent less time looking after the cubs.

Lin had no choice but to take over the care of the cub. The leopard cat cub had already become familiar with the other cubs in the tribe and would look for other cubs to play with every day. Every day after Lin finished eating, he would take the cub to the tribe's square, which was the gathering place for the cubs. As long as the weather wasn't too bad, the cubs in the tribe would play there.

Now, the place where Professor Bai Ling teaches the beastmen to weave has been moved from Yue's house to Bai Ling's house. Every day, the main room of Bai Ling's house is filled with beastmen, and Feng Hequ's and the cubs' bedrooms are also full of beastmen. Some beastmen are spinning yarn, while others are weaving with two knitting needles. Bai Ling and Yue also sit with them, facing each other, weaving scarves together.

The scarf is very simple to knit, with no fancy techniques. Bai Ling spends all her time knitting scarves except when cooking, eating, or going to the toilet.

Even Feng was holding two knitting needles, sitting with his friends, knitting a scarf.

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Bai Ling was the first to knit a scarf, but not the first to finish it. The fastest to finish knitting a scarf was a long-tailed rabbit beastman. He knitted a scarf for his four-year-old child, and the scarf was much smaller than an adult's scarf.

The orc felt he had almost finished knitting, so he went to Bai Ling and asked him to check if his stitches were fastened correctly. After receiving Bai Ling's approval, he happily sat down to the side and began to fasten the stitches on the scarf.

Several orcs stopped what they were doing and gathered around the orc, watching him carefully knit the yarn stitch by stitch. When he finished the last stitch, the scarf was complete.

The orc stood up and wrapped the scarf around his neck. Because it was knitted for a child, the scarf looked short and small around the neck of an adult orc. But both the orc wearing the scarf and the orcs watching were extremely happy.

This scarf was passed around among all the orcs here. They all wrapped the scarf around their necks and swayed their necks from side to side to see if the scarf was comfortable.

After putting on the scarf, my neck felt much more comfortable, especially outside, where the biting cold wind seemed to be unable to reach my neck.

The long-tailed rabbit beastman brought his child over, wrapped the scarf around the child's neck, and even tied a knot naturally. The child had no idea what it was, and looked at his father with a blank expression, asking, "What is this?"

His father picked up his child and said with a smile, "This is a scarf that your father knitted for you. Do you like it?"

The child was held in his father's arms, touched his scarf, looked at his father, and then kissed his father's forehead, nodding and saying, "I like it."

The long-tailed rabbit beastman laughed even louder after being kissed by his own child. He spun around a few times with the child in his arms and then said, "Father can knit other things besides scarves. Once I learn to knit sweaters, I'll knit one for you and one for Father."

*

As Bai Ling finished knitting the scarf in her hand, the tribe experienced its first snowfall of the winter.

At this time of year, the beastmen used to shiver in their caves because the caves were airtight. They didn't even dare to light a fire and could only wrap themselves in animal skins and huddle together for warmth.

This year is different. With warm houses and plenty of food, the beastmen feel for the first time that snow is no longer cold, but fun.

After finishing breakfast, Chen ran outside. It had snowed a lot, and he and his friends could transform into their animal forms and run and play in the snow. They didn't want to stay cooped up inside.

Lin and Qu's cub also wanted to run out to play. It also put on clothes made of animal skin, covering its body and limbs, and wore a hat made of animal skin on its head, only revealing its four paws and a furry cat face.

Bai Ling hugged the knitted scarf to her chest, wrapped her clothes tightly around herself, and walked towards the Yue family's house. It had snowed half the night before, and the snow on the road was already quite thick. The snow crunched under Bai Ling's feet, and there were already many footprints on the road, some human and some animal. The animal footprints were mostly heading out of the tribe.

Bai Ling walked to the fence of the Yue family's house, but instead of opening the door, he took a few steps back and ran faster. When he was almost at the fence, he jumped up, as if his feet were equipped with springs, and easily jumped over the Yue family's fence.

Orcs are much stronger than humans. Even though Bai Ling is relatively weak among large orcs of the same size, he is still much stronger than he was when he was human. In his previous life, he would never have dared to imagine being able to jump over such a high fence.

But now he easily leaped over the fence, and the sound of him landing on the snow was very faint.

After landing, Bai Ling smiled and continued walking forward with light steps.

*

The moon is sweeping the snow in the yard.

It snowed for most of the night yesterday, and Yue got up a little late today, so she's only just started shoveling snow now.

Grandpa Yue and Grandpa Xiao were also sweeping snowflakes under the eaves with sorghum brooms.

When Bai Ling arrived, neither Yue nor her grandfather and great-grandfather were surprised at all. Except for the time when they were sleeping at night, Bai Ling and Yue were almost always together. Either Yue would go to Bai Ling or Bai Ling would come to Yue. In any case, the two of them did not want to be apart for even a second.

Bai Ling walked to Yue's side, about to speak to her, when she suddenly noticed faint dark circles under Yue's eyes, indicating that Yue hadn't slept well the night before.

Bai Ling frowned slightly and asked, "Yue, did you not sleep well last night?"