I seem to have many ends in my hank

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I found a couple of hanks of beautiful, soft silk in a yarn store the other day that I couldn’t resist the feel of, and dove right in and bought them.

Now, it’s not really well-marked (or marked at all, actually) – all I know is it’s silk and the hanks are 8 and 10oz. I figured the yardage didn’t matter a lot because I’m just planning a scarf. But when I started to open it out to get ready to roll it into a ball, I noticed that each hank seems to have at least eight cut ends. Is this normal? Have I bought something that’s not ready to knit but intended for some other purpose? Do I just roll the hanks into small balls and sew in lots of ends?

Thanks for any help!

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Hm. I’ve had this happen before. There could be any number of reasons for the several pieces.

Sometimes shop owners sell skeins of “pieces” this way. (Though they should be marked as such…)

Was it in a sale bin? I don’t know… I’m kinda a stickler about my materials. If you paid full price, and the item wasn’t marked (and if you wanted to part with its soft goodness), I’d consider asking for an exchange or refund.

You can use them for just about anything, though. :slight_smile: If the strands are long enough, go for the scarf and sew in the ends, as you mentioned. Or use them as tassles at the ends.

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That’s probably the explanation, then. It was way cheap and the only two hanks they had.

At least I know I’m not meant to re-spin it or anything!