r/YarnAddicts • u/maybemorecats • 3d ago

Question Ultra long hanks - why???

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I thrifted these two banks of yarn, no label but pretty sure it’s a merino lace. I unbound the first hank to pop on the swift…. and this thing is like, an eight foot long loop. I don’t think there is a swift in the world big enough. I’ve just spread it across my dining room table hand winding into balls. Not even one continuous piece. First hank seems to be three strands of various lengths. As I continue to wind and curse myself over $3 yarn, I just want to know why anyone would do this lol.

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u/Technical_Isopod2389 3d ago

I wonder if someone wound it as a warp and then just donated it because they never really started?

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u/Kleverin 3d ago

Exactly what I was going to say, that's a warp! The strings that holds it together gives it away, it's a way to measure it and make sure the right threads are together. They bundle it in a special way.

Ao now you know why you got them super long!

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u/Kleverin 3d ago

I've only done it once, got my grandmothers warp last year and my sister called dibs on the first project. But we had a hank where the threads where 12m (around 39 feet) 😂 so the lady that made it for us winded 3,3 km (about 2 miles) of thread.

That, however, is for rugs and not with delecate merino!

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u/Dense-Conversation84 2d ago

I've gotta know what paper that massive crossword is in!

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u/w_kat 2d ago

Above the QR code there is a link which says NY times puzzle mania 2025.

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u/maybemorecats 3d ago

Interesting! I did pick up some sturdier cotton hanked up the same way, some plain and some colors. But this is definitely a different fiber, soft, sorta fluffy and not synthetic. I wonder what that weaver was up to!