mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist
to blend (e.g. fact and fiction); to mix; to weave (together)
to twist (threads of different colours) together (into a string); to entwine; to interweave; to mix; to combine; to weave together (e.g. fact and fiction)
starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught