Wear on barely used pads

[Jonathon v 20]

Only used these pads like less than 20 times. I do not have socks to put over my knee guards, never done it either and wouldn’t know how to or if I would hate the feel. 

[Md30 20]

It sounds like you already know the velcro from your knee pads has caused this. Its up to you to decide on what is best.

[Puckstopper 186]

That's normal wear if you're not covering your kneepads.  I had the same in my EF4 set very quickly.  Removed the fraying with scissors and a lighter and started wearing socks over the kneepads.  End of problem and there was no adjustment to wearing socks other than remembering to pack them. 

[kohula 5]

just "shave" it with your razor, it will be almost like new😉

[GoalieNut 1]

Wear compression pants over, you won't go back and you'll be wondering why you never did in the first place.

[benner33 39]

I started wearing the nylon (non wool) socks for that exact reason. I used to put them under my compression pants but now that I wear Daredevil hockey cut resistant pants I didn’t want to stretch them out (plus they have grippy stuff on the knee to keep things in place). 
 

covering the Velcro is the only way to avoid this AFAIK. 

[Chenner29 349]

Take a lighter and make a few quick passes over the stray pieces.

it's cheap, light duty nylon.

You should wear socks or compression pants over your knee pads if this bugs you.