<p>It is likely just a <a href="https://skeinyarn.com/blogs/notions/lets-talk-about-knots" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>yarn knot</strong></a>:</p>
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<p>Yarn is essentially a piece of string that, during the milling process, sometimes breaks. The mill isn't going to throw away good yarn because of a single breakage. So, what they do is tie the yarn together with a knot and the process carries on.</p>
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<p>This is corroborated <a href="https://www.stitchandstory.com/blogs/getting-started/natural-vs-synthetic-yarns-why-does-my-yarn-have-knots-in-it" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>:</p>
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<p>Knots aren't tangled yarn, they're a point where the yarn has been broken and tied back together. They can be a frustrating but unfortunately inevitable part of knitting with natural fibres.</p>
<p>Finding a knot in a new ball of yarn can be irritating but unless you hand spin your yarn, and know where your joins are, you’re likely to come across more than a few if you regularly knit with natural yarn.</p>
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<p>You can treat it like a new ball of yarn.</p>

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Why don't they use a more invisible join, like the Russian join?
Ryan Christiansen
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<p>I bought two skeins of Crafter's Secret Big Idea cobalt blue yarn (810 yards) for a sweater that I'm knitting and the second skein had a knot that I didn't tie in the middle of it, why?</p>

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Why does my yarn have a random knot in it?
Ryan Christiansen
# Why does my yarn have a random knot in it?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-05-01)

I bought two skeins of Crafter's Secret Big Idea cobalt blue yarn (810 yards) for a sweater that I'm knitting and the second skein had a knot that I didn't tie in the middle of it, why?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-05-02. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

It is likely just a [**yarn knot**](https://skeinyarn.com/blogs/notions/lets-talk-about-knots):

> Yarn is essentially a piece of string that, during the milling process, sometimes breaks. The mill isn't going to throw away good yarn because of a single breakage. So, what they do is tie the yarn together with a knot and the process carries on.

This is corroborated [here](https://www.stitchandstory.com/blogs/getting-started/natural-vs-synthetic-yarns-why-does-my-yarn-have-knots-in-it):

> Knots aren't tangled yarn, they're a point where the yarn has been broken and tied back together. They can be a frustrating but unfortunately inevitable part of knitting with natural fibres.
>
> Finding a knot in a new ball of yarn can be irritating but unless you hand spin your yarn, and know where your joins are, you’re likely to come across more than a few if you regularly knit with natural yarn.

You can treat it like a new ball of yarn.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Why don't they use a more invisible join, like the Russian join?  

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