If they are long enough, how about crocheting a bag? I have a pattern for a crochet (or knitting..I forget!) Christmas stocking. They also might be used for locker hooking a rug. I have piles for scrap quilting/leaders and enders/strips/ strings and finally they end up in the dog bed pile! My quilty friends bring me THEIR scraps (you might get as crazy as me and go thru THEIR scraps...some of that stuff is big enought to cut!) and once in awhile, I make dog beds. I think there have been upwards of 300 made from all scraps generated. My local shelter says that sometimes they give a bed to the new family. (I LOVE that part!
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