Possible Clues:

• Material from your novel my daughter read first?
• Wire from old city and half of Troy found in material
• String attached to your new material
• Coquettish type welcomes ring road from old city for one of those wearing the trousers
• Type of ribbed fabric
• Its ribs stick out
• Fabric with vertical ribs, usually made of cotton
• Thick-ribbed trouser fabric
• Children's book written and illustrated by Don Freeman
• Fabric — cry 'odour' (anag)