“Now do you shun this silk,” said the lady,
“because it is simple in itself? And so it may seem.
Lo! It is slight indeed, and so is less worthy.
But whoso knew the worth woven therein
he would hold it in higher praise, perchance”Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Equally to do with the domestic labor of spinning and weaving textiles, and the weaving of fame and relationships that happens during that time.