Words to Knit By

Have you ever decided to turn a UFO into a WIP, began to tink by realized it needed a total frogging only to find out that the KAL is MIA and the LYS is out of DPNs? Striving for an  FO, you take a skein of worsted and swatch a gauge while your BP is on the INC. You obviously got out of the WS of the bed.
Such is the language of knitting.
UFO - Unfinished object
WIP: Work in progress
KAL: Knit a Long (a group of knitters sharing info)
LYS: Local yarn store or my kid's college tuiton

Tink: Rip out one stitch at a time , for knit backwards
FROG: Remove rows of stitches, as in Rip it, Rip it.
DPNs - Double pointed needles
FO: Finished Project, also known as "NEXT!"
Swatch: The sample of knitting made by doing a gauge.
Gauge: That thing we say we vow to do, next time.
My two favorite knitting ephemisms: Knitting with One Needle (bad thinking) and "One skein short of a sweater". We could make up some new ones, like "That's so acrylic." Any thoughts?

Comments

[Melissa]

haha... one skein short of a sweater... thatsa how i feel most of the time!