Behind the Scenes: Self-striping sock yarn Reskeining Process

So now I have the yarn dyed, but it's still in that gigantic loop. I need to get it into the smaller circumference skein so it is ready to go to a new home. (Could you imagine if I sent out the giant loop? What would you think?)

This is when I go back to the warping reel and put the yarn back in place. I go through and cut off all of those choke ties I had put on, thankful that I took the time to do that because it makes putting the skein back on the warping reel much easier. I then combine the warping reel with my swift (using it as a skein winder) and wind the yarn back down into a more manageable sized skein. This doesn't take as long as winding the yarn onto the warping reel, but it can easily take up to an hour depending on how many skeins are on there (2-4 usually).

Once I have the yarn reskeined, I twist it up and label it and sigh. Yes, it was a lot of hard work. But imagine the socks it will make!

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