Before, she was planning to trick them by telling them she had to finish a blanket for Odyssey's father, but they found out and eventually forced her to marry one of them. It was either that or the kingdom would've been destroyed. Plus, she was lonely.
Odysseus calls the suitors out for taking over the house and making Penelope marry one of them.
Penelope told the suitors that she would weave a tapestry, and once she was finished, she would marry one of the suitors. Penelope weaved during the day, but secretly undid her work at night.
Antinous suggests to have the suitors killed. Since Telemachus is the only suitor that keeps Antinous from Penelope, if Antinous gets rid of Telemachus and the rest of the suitors, he will be the only one left in the house and Penelope will be forced to marry Antinous.
Telemachus was outraged by the suitors asking Penelope to marry one of them, and so demanded a meeting in which he would fight them. Thus making him the aggressor in the specific conflict.
She said she would marry one of them once she had woven the shroud, but at night she unravelled part of it.
Penelope promised to marry one of the suitors when she finished weaving a shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes. However, she unraveled it every night to delay the marriage.
Penelope promised to decide which one of the suitors to marry when she finished her death shroud for Laertes. But, she secretly unraveled the parts she weaved every night. This continued until one of her maids, who fell in love with one of the suitors, betrayed Penelope.
Odysseus calls the suitors out for taking over the house and making Penelope marry one of them.
Penelope told the suitors that she would weave a tapestry, and once she was finished, she would marry one of the suitors. Penelope weaved during the day, but secretly undid her work at night.
Antinous suggests to have the suitors killed. Since Telemachus is the only suitor that keeps Antinous from Penelope, if Antinous gets rid of Telemachus and the rest of the suitors, he will be the only one left in the house and Penelope will be forced to marry Antinous.
Telemachus was outraged by the suitors asking Penelope to marry one of them, and so demanded a meeting in which he would fight them. Thus making him the aggressor in the specific conflict.
They accused her of tricking them because she told them that she would choose one of them to marry after she finished making the burial shroud, but everyday she would undo what she had just done so that she would never finish it, therefore never having to marry one of the suitors
She said she would marry one of them once she had woven the shroud, but at night she unravelled part of it.
Penelope held a contest for the suitors: Whoever could string Odysseus' bow and fire an arrow through twelve axe handles would be able to marry her. This is a trick Odysseus did when he was younger. Only one who can accomplish the feat would be considered man enough to marry her. None of the suitors could do it except for Odysseus, who was still disguised as a beggar.
The suitors plan to ambush and kill Telemachus upon his return to Ithaca to eliminate competition for Penelope's hand in marriage and to secure their own control over Odysseus's estate. They believe that by removing Telemachus, they will have a better chance of winning Penelope over.
I think you may be referring to when Penelope tells the suitors that she will make a decision to marry one of them after she is done weaving a web of yarn. However, she was just misleading them; she untangles the work done every night for a year (I think so, that is just an estimate). However, a maid who was aware of this outs this to the suitors. When the suitors are made aware of this, they are outraged and force her to finish weaving.
Penelope, wife of Odysseus. She had a lot of suitors, who said Odysseus was dead and that she should marry one of them.