Gracie herself referred to it as weaving a silver thread between herself and her audience.
John Fisher Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing (2006)
Above Lucy's house, Maggie could see the crescent sliver of a new moon and the faint silver thread it drew around the old moon 's darkness.
Peter Robinson AFTERMATH (2004)
It was a dress of pink organdie, with silver thread on the bodice and a petticoat to go with it.
Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LION (2004)