Cotton

[fenderbelly]

A debt collector knocked on the door of a country family, that made their living weaving cloth.
"Is Jack home?" he asked the woman who answered the door.
"Im sorry," the woman replied. "Jack's gone for cotton."

A few weeks later the collector tried again. "Is Jack here today?"
Once again the answer was "No, sir, I'm afraid he has gone for cotton."

When he returned for the third time and Jack was still nowhere to be seen, he complained, "I suppose Jack is gone for cotton again?"
"No," the woman answered solemnly, "Jack died yesterday."

Suspicious that he was being avoided, the collector decided to wait a week and investigate the cemetery himself. But sure enough, there was poor Jack's tombstone, with this inscription: ...

"Gone, But Not for Cotton."

[wheelinround]

Edited

Pardon my Warped sense of humour

Does this mean Jack has Weft the building and is looming down over us
or has he just Shuttled off the face of the earth

[Barry Hicks]

I was afraid this was going to be a coarse yarn!

[Allan at Wallan]

Well at least this joke is in the
correct thread.

Allan

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You can't teach an old mouse new clicks.

[echnidna]

I see Alan cottoned on to this thread

[Rodgera]

Then he bolted for it

[Allan at Wallan]

Don't "needle" me ... I didn't start this
thread.

Allan

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You can't teach an old mouse new clicks.

[echnidna]

is Rayon (wheelin) yet

[Rodgera]

I wonder which pattern this thread is following - lots of loose ends I think?

[fenderbelly]

I wonder which pattern this thread is following - lots of loose ends I think?

Knot sew

[Allan at Wallan]

I wonder which pattern this thread is following - lots of loose ends I think?

I'm a frayed knot.

Allan

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You can't teach an old mouse new clicks.

[wheelinround]

I wonder which pattern this thread is following - lots of loose ends I think?

Its a Scottish Tartan can't you tell they are all tight threads because they have been beaten to a twill

or have I got the threads crossed and its now a sear-sucker

[Tomislav]

it's obviously a "Glocester Double Twist" yarn

[Rodgera]

smooooth as