Help! Fraying yarn

[Marty53]

I need help with fraying yarn. This is Homespun yarn. What can I do with this yarn to stop it from fraying? It's really annoying..

[RoseRed]

Is it fraying on the ends or in the strand itself?

 

I always use either a knot or a drop of flexible fabric glue on the ends to keep it from fraying.

[Marty53]

Hello

It frays in the middle and on the ends

I started the project over a couple of times. Lost some yarn. It also broke off in the middle of crocheting as well.

So....I finally got to make the scarf....but now the ends are really really bad...I normally don't knot anything but I may have to and also take your advice about the fabric glue...The ends are really bad...

 

Thank you for your input. 

[Avon Lady]

​Email or call the company!  They will either refund your money or send you a new skein!

[nancybanta]

It does sound like you got a bad skein - it shouldn't break or fray in the middle.  Call or email the company - they'll make things right.

[Granny Square]

I'm in the 'Homespun is ghastly stuff' camp.  It is extremely fragile and does not frog well as you have discovered. 

 

You will have to cut out the parts where the little thread has broken - that is the only thing holding it together.  Tie knots at each end of the cut.  Leave the ends of the scarf fringeless or consider joining the ends and make an infinity scarf instead.

[Marty53]

Thank you all for your advice. The scarf is finished but it wasn't easy. I'm not planning on using this yarn again. The best revenge is to not buy the yarn again and let the company know that.