> I don't think there is is any spoiler of any real value here. > > When Pel goes to the Easterner for "services", he asks > if he is a "knitter of stone", and the reply is something > like: "No, he crochets". > > This really strikes me as an inside joke, but one I have > no clue about. Does anyone else have a stab? > Last thought before I let someone else take a stab at it. One knits with two (moderately long) needles. Crocheting requires only a smaller, hooked implement, and the other hand handles the yarn directly. Two weapon vs. single? Other sort of euphemism for preferred methods of performing the service?