Tassles

"I can remember sitting at the table in the house I shared with my parents/grandparents/great grandparents and uncle. The cloth was green chenille with tassles on it, wearing thin in places, and I can remember feeling the differences in texture and counting the missing tassles where I sat."

Source:
BBC Radio 4 Memory Experience
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/memory/