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These are old but the thread is perfectly good!

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They had hand-written price tags with amounts of $2, $4, $5, and one $7.50 (very full, seen next picture)

Most were about half full, but the highest price-tagged one was almost full.

Here are all the colors that I got:

Now what should I make with all these? Anyone need some?

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 10 months ago

I wouldn't worry too much about floss deteriorating unless it's been stored under bad conditions (like the kind that would destroy any fabric). I have JB Coates floss from the 1990s that's still good, and being used in my current project.