These are Skein That may have one of the following issues.
The dye ran
Got a little to dark
May have a cut string. There is nothing wrong with the yarn.
Yarn
The 12 Days of Christmas contains 2 X 50g half skeins and 10 X 20g minis for a total of 3 full skeins worth. The 12 Days of Christmas also comes with North Woods Knits CO Mini Party Sock Collection (hard copy).
Super soft Fingering weight yarn made from 75% superwash merino and 25% nylon. An excellent workhorse yarn, with a plentiful yardage (231 yards per 50g skein),Each mini is 75% superwash merino and 25% nylon (92 yards per 20 grams) it also has excellent stitch definition.
All of my yarns are dyed in a smoke free environment. We do have a friendly old boxer but he is not permitted into areas where yarn is dyed and stored. When photographing the yarn, I use only natural light with no filters. I try to list as many pictures as I can so you can get an accurate perception of the colorway. If shipping is less than estimated, I do refund that amount.