Possible Clues:

• Material to suit a swell, say?
• That's the stuff t give the ant stripes
• That stuff could make stripes on an ant
• Strong twilled worsted fabric
• Cloth that sounds swell
• Learn about King George's material
• In a material sort of way this might get an ant with stripes
• That's the stuff to see about Argy, by the sound of it!
• Lint-collecting material
• Does it sound like a wave? That's the stuff!