Yarn

YARN - From the (shorter) Oxford English Dictionary:
Spun fibre of cotton, silk, wool, or flax.... fibre prepared for use in weaving, knitting...a fisherman's net...any of the strands of which a rope is composed...a (usually long or rambling) story or tale, especially an implausible, fanciful, or incredible one.

Spun fibre of cotton, silk, wool, or flax.... something in a less organized form that becomes more refined - like fleece to wool, like all of us over time and through education

fibre prepared for use in weaving, knitting... something which is used to make something bigger and greater than it's individual or initial form - like people coming together to form families, communities and schools

a fisherman's net... a tool that collects all in it's path and perhaps an approach to life that allows us to cast a net, see what we get and try to make something of it, in the way that a school becomes an expression of those drawn to it

any of the strands of which a rope is composed... the strength of coming together

a (usually long or rambling) story or tale, especially an implausible, fanciful, or incredible one.... oh yes, this too!