Textiles Mugs

'Going as a high-thread-count ghost again this year.'

Hanley Fabric Co., Polly-Esther

"...Webs are spun. Not woven, or knitted or crocheted. They are SPUN. Say it with me, SSPUUNNN.'

"Actually, I'm from New Jersey. The nickname comes from thirty years in the textile business."

'That's the material I want for our new lounge curtains.'

"I'm having my annual reunion with Polartec, Thinsulate, fleece, and my oldest friend, wool."

"He's wearing polyester."

"How come when it rains sheep don't shrink?"

"Wow, you're right, Alpaca Wool is very nice against the skin..."

Is it true the company is moving to the Far East?

Alpaca winning Premium Wool Championship.

"It's 25% cotton and 75% made in China"

"For the hundredth time, you snip a lose thread you don't pull it."

'Mummy, why is lace so expensive when it is mainly holes?'

"Where do you think we go when we dye?"

The old colonel wished he was in the land of cotton.

Man stumbling with plaid blanket blown into his face

"Were we expecting the Worsteds?"

"You'll have to bear with me. I just went from seersucker to tweed."

Muslin Fundamentalists.

Elegant material for trousers - only takes two men to show the pattern

"I hear she's 20% Rayon!"

"I didn't even know they could knit!"

Bias Tape

"I noticed you weaving back there..."

Old woman in fabric shop

"When it fills in I'm hoping for the texture of corduroy."

Wooly mammoth

Ironing Boardroom Decisions

'It's the latest weave - comes off in the hand.'

Suppliers of fine pin-stripe

"Whoa. Jeff. You snagged your sweater."

A sudden attack of the plaid

I'm afraid we are talking more of a puce, than a genuine indigo!'

'The wool is virgin - it's none of your damn business about the sheep!'