So, before December I put in a big order for new yarns, some of which were a small collection of super-long hanks.  I thought these would be AWESOME for making self-striping yarns or something.  And, of course, they technically are good for that.   But I have no really good dyeing space for these.   Check it out:

The one on the right is my normal size hank, 2 yards around, laid out it is about 36 inches long.

The one on the left is a super-long hank.  It is almost 9 feet long.

Even if I found a way to dye it, I don’t have the means to properly wind it to a finished hank as i normally would.   I would need to use both swifts set at quite a distance apart, most likely doing it outside.  It can be done, just not in a way that I like to work.

Most likely I will do that next week (weather pending), just to get it done and over with.  But that’s after I figure out how to actually dye these monsters.

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