3 minutes ago, John Morris said:

HA! That's funny Jess, naw, aint worn a bow tie since my wedding 26 years ago, that there is my sons sock, found it laying around and just threw it up there.

Blame the dogs. 

Just now, Gene Howe said:

Blame the dogs. 

You are right! Dang I missed that one!

Jesse looked like she was searching. "Dang, I know I laid it right here."

23 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Jesse looked like she was searching. "Dang, I know I laid it right here."

Now that you mention it, she probably was, the sock was a tad slimy when I picked it up off the floor.

On ‎12‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 1:09 AM, John Morris said:

Thanks a bunch Herb, that rope is part of that wound cushion, can't really explain what type of cushion it is, the cushion is about 50 years old, as old as I am, I do need to get that sewn back up, I'd sure hate to lose the entire cushion.

That really looks like a braided rug. Here's a quick video showing the step in making one where the "braids" are laced together. I have a patchwork quilt that my mother made for my wife and I many years ago and it was starting to come apart at some of the seams so I found  local quilting club and paid one of the members a very reasonable fee to resew the seams - it might be an idea to find someone that makes these rugs and see if you can have it repaired so that it will hold up for another 50 years.