I went ahead and made another dyneema loop. This one is intended to replace the wire loop that connects my mainsail tack to the downhaul blocks (around the boom gooseneck). I did a simple bury for the eye, exited the line, put in a locking brummel, and then reburied the tail. At the other end, I tied a chinese-button-knot and buried it's tail as well. The entire loop (except for cutting off the button tail and burying it) was tied from the "spool-end", so I only wasted a few inches of line.
I'm going to have to do something to keep the line from snagging on the gooseneck (I think wrapping with tape may suffice). My hope is that this will be a little easier to connect than getting the pin in the small shackle.
