# knots in string? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [January 13, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789 "2011-01-13T04:18:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rct3dt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@rct3dt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rct3dt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/1 "2011-01-13T04:18:33Z")
Random small knots keep on popping up in the string after I use the yoyo. What’s causing them? ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/2 "2011-01-13T04:22:30Z")
Not doing tricks properly. ---
**Author:** ![Preinfalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/preinfalk/32/551_2.png) [@Preinfalk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Preinfalk)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/3 "2011-01-13T06:26:28Z")
> [@arussell19981201](#): > > Not doing tricks properly. Pretty much what he said. You need to practice your tricks, and slow down to make sure that you do not get a knot. If the string is looped, or you get out of a triangle wrong, then that will cause a knot. Just pay close attention to what you do. If you need to slow down to see, then do it. It’s not worth getting knotted strings. PRACTICE! ---
**Author:** ![willysol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/willysol/32/722_2.png) [@willysol](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/willysol)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/4 "2011-01-13T13:24:08Z")
Hi, Iget knots doing the boimg boing, Found a useful tool so I don’t have to throw away so much string. Found a tooth picker with a plastic handle and a curved needle. The kind a dentist uses, this is cheaper, Walgreens version. It works great and saved a lot of string. Don’t need 2 needles to take out knots. ---
**Author:** ![quinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/quinton/32/376_2.png) [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/5 "2011-01-13T13:50:51Z")
Cheapest way would be to use your fingers to work the knot. But who’s counting? ---
**Author:** ![willysol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/willysol/32/722_2.png) [@willysol](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/willysol)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/6 "2011-01-13T14:50:18Z")
If you see the knot early yes … After it’s reall tight it’s very time consuming to use fingers … ---
**Author:** ![quinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/quinton/32/376_2.png) [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/7 "2011-01-13T14:51:33Z")
5 minutes 3 if you bring your teeth into the mix ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/8 "2011-01-13T17:19:57Z")
I notice my knots as soon as I get them. Preinfalk is right, slow down a bit and see what is happening. ---
**Author:** ![Ley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ley/32/769_2.png) [@Ley](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ley)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/9 "2011-01-13T18:42:46Z")
Are you sure your knots arent just the string extremely tangled up? If not, then you just need to work on your tricks. ---
**Author:** ![smacicyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smacicyoyo/32/726_2.png) [@smacicyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smacicyoyo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/10 "2011-01-13T23:22:14Z")
the most time i spent on a knot was around 10 minutes haha it was huge ;D ---
**Author:** ![mgodinez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mgodinez/32/585_2.png) [@mgodinez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgodinez)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/11 "2011-01-14T01:16:18Z")
leave 'em in…and see if you can come up w/ a new style. mgodinez clearin’… ---
**Author:** ![res01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@res01](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/res01)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/knots-in-string/22789/12 "2011-01-14T01:32:21Z")
Maybe just bad string tension? Or maybe what everyone else said.