Possible Clues:

• Conclusion missing from irritable note
• Note tons absorbed in needlework
• Time put into needlework producing not a lot of note?
• Some Balkan swindler always ignoring a note
• Note taken originally during needlework
• Note — torch etc (anag)
• Note first of threads in needlework
• Note woollen creation round toddler's head
• Two quavers
• Perverse fancy for a single note