OK, I followed the advice about replacing the serving on my bow string. I also bought a stringer. Part of my problem is that I believe the loops on the string were too small and would not slide onto the limbs of my bow. The loops did slide up onto the bow limb, but a separation in the loop serving occured. I replaced the serving on this loop, but the bow string was crimped, a little fuzzy, and it appeared a few small fuzzy strands were hanging off. I little worried about using this string now. Is there anywhere I can buy a string online for my recurve?
Another noob question: when using a bow stringer, the bottom loop on the string remains in place while the other, the larger top loop, slides down on to the limbs, correct? This is how my string got messed up. I slid the top loop down and apparently it was not large enough, or maybe I screwed up. But anyway, the string appears to be a little damaged.