Knitting Slang
If I have put this in the wrong place please accept my apologies.Ihave often come across term or abbreviations in knitting patterns that I don'tunderstand, a friend and I was talking about this some time ago. While she wassurfing the net as we all do for free knitting patterns or new techniques. Shecame across this. I thought I would share this information
and here are some more.
Cake:Yarnwound into a cylindrical shape where both top and bottom are flat and there isa center yarn to pull out.
DPN: Double Pointed Needles
DS: Destash (sell or tradeunwanted yarn)
EOR: End Of Row or Every OtherRow
FLASHING: Similar topooling below, but more linear in design
FO: Finished Object
frog: To rip back (for thesound “rip it, rip it”) by removing the needles and undoing all your hardwork
frog pond: a storage place forknitted items waiting to be frogged
FSOT: For Sale or Trade
Gifted: The act of givingyarn/items to another for free
ISO: In Search Of
KAL: Knit ALong
KIP: Knit In Public
LYS: Local Yarn Store
muggle: non-knitter
OTN: On The Needles
PIF: Pay It Forward
Pooling: When one color in aVariegated yarn bunches together in an area.
Puddling: similar topooling, but more like a blotch.
RAK: Random Act of Kindness, asmall gift to a fellow knitter
SABLE: Stash Acquisition BeyondLife Expectancy
SEX: Stash EnhancementeXperience, aka buying yarn
Tink:Tink is knit spelledbackwards.To undo knit stitches by reversing the knitting motion,effectively un-knitting the stitch.
TOAD: Trashed Object Abandonedin Disgust
UFO: UnFinished Object (usuallyan abandoned or neglected WIP)
Vanilla: An easy, plainpattern.
WIP: Work In Progress
WPI: Wraps Per Inch (number oftimes yarn will wrap loosely around ruler or similar tool in one inch; morewraps indicates thinner yarn)
yarn barf: a big lump ofyarn that comes out of a new ball of yarn
Yarnie: independent dyer orspinner with a small business, lover of all that is yarn
I hope this was interesting and helpful.
That's a really good list.I've been exposed to most of the terms, but some where new to me.Thanks for posting this!
You might want to add to your list:
"Stash": It's all the yarn you have stored for future projects.It could be a bag/bin or a whole room full of yarn (I wish).
"Design Feature": A 'mistake' in your knitting that no one will notice unless pointed out, or a mistake that looks good/ok/awful and you're not going to go back and fix. Many thanks for sharing. This is very useful information, I have not heard much of it.
Nunca escuché muchas de estas palabras. ¡Gracias por publicar! This should be helpful, makes patterns less intimidating I hadn't heard of TOAD but am guilty of the action, lol! I never heard many of these words. Thanks for posting! This is so helpful. There are soooo many acronyms! Thank you so much, I've been looking for this! Thank you for this useful list of terms :-)
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing Gracias por compartir !! nice work. thank you. Thank you for sharing! Very nice, thanks for sharing thanks, I have never heard of this slang:) Thanks for sharing. :) i need this, thanks!
