`` if you like , '' said esk , `` or distillation using the bifold or triple alembic , the making of varnishes , glazes , creams , zuumchats and punes , the rendering of waxes , the manufacture of candles , the proper selection of seeds , roots and cuttings , and most preparations from the eighty marvellous herbs ; i can spin , card , rett , hallow and weave on the hand , frame , harp and noble looms and i can knit if people start the wool on for me , i can read soil and rock , do carpentry up to the three-way mortise and tenon , predict weather by means of beastsign and skyreck , make increase in bees , brew five types of mead , make dyes and mordants and pigments , including a fast blue , i can do most types of whitesmithing , mend boots , cure and fashion most leathers , and if you have any goats i can look after them .