What role has weaving played in the story so far? There are many examples of women weaving - what is the purpose of this? Provide textual evidence (quotes).

So far the idea of a women weaving has been brought up in the book multiple time. It is always being done by a woman and it seems the women are weaving for many different reasons. One woman seemed to be doing it for the obvious reason of making clothing for her child. Another woman, Penelope, used it as a way to stall having to marry one of her suitors. Penelope said to the suitors when she was done with making her robe she would marry one of them. The suitors later found out she had been lying, " every day she would weave at the great loom, and every night she would unweave by torchlight. She fooled us for three years with her craft." That is how Penelope used weaving to avoid getting married.