Related Clues:

• Dearth of stitching material
• The rib going around a screw
• Length of spun cotton or wool
• Dearth of sewing material
• Small thin line of cloud or smoke
• Cord for sewing
• Thin fine strand
• 'Strand of cotton, silk etc (6)'
• Thin yarn
• Sewing chord
• Strand of cotton, silk etc
• The Strand is only part of it
• May be cut in a way that'll have you in stitches
• It's for a nut to have one in stitches
• Perhaps for a sewer this may be cut all round