Possible Clues:

• Maker of hose left for new start in l ac
• Fine smooth cotton thread for stockings
• Perhaps it's thready for the island at last
• Cotton stocking thread
• Cotton line in front of Jersey, say
• You get the thread of this island after a century
• Long Island's yarn
• Cotton mill, finally, is found on borders of Lancashire
• Hard twisted cotton thread
• Fine smooth cotton thread