12 shown in fig1 are replaced by 34 parallel 34 hook shaped slots 18 the yarn strands 14 of all the groups are entered in slots 18 and positioned at the arcuate closed ends 18a of the slots with this embodiment also all of the strands are visible and easily grasped a yarn strand anywhere in any slot may be selected and pulled out of the slot perpendicularly to the slot walls without disturbing the other strands in the same slot or adjacent slots furthermore in this embodiment as well as the others the inclined slots should reduce any tendency of the strands to pull out of the sorter during storage or use fig3 shows still another sorter embodiment in which the slots 22 are arranged at right angles to the card 10 axis this sorter is best held at an angle as shown so that the yarn strands hang vertically side by side for the reasons described above in this embodiment as well as the others it may be desirable to bevel the sides of the slots as shown at 22a in fig3 this makes it easier to withdraw the strands from behind the sorter without making them any.