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Sashiko Thread and How Not to End with a Tangled Mess!

Sashiko Thread and How Not to End with a Tangled Mess!

sashiko thread
Skeins. Really?

Here I am all ready to settle in and stitch miles of sashiko and I realize that every thread I need is going to be a project itself to get off the skein! Argh!

Here is the solve for this frustrating problem:

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