Saturday, September 13, 2025

Knitting and Crocheting Slang Terms

Frogging: is when you are taking out several stitches and you rip it, rip it, rip it

Tink: taking out one stitch at a time (Knit spelled backwards).

WIP: work in progress.

Cake: when a skein is of yarn is wound into a “cake” shaped ball of yarn.

Swift: an umbrella shaped item that a skein of yarn is stretched around to be wound into a cake.

Vanilla: a very simple project in a basic pattern.

KAL: knit along. A group of Knitters working on the same project.

LYS: Local yarn shop.

DPN’s: Double pointed needles.

Pooling: hand dyed yarn may have a concentration of color in a “pool” on a knitted item.

UFO: unfinished object.

Stash: one’s collection of yarn.

Destash: Donate, sell or gift one’s excess yarn.

SABLE: stash acquired beyond life expectancy.

Yarn barf: when pulling yarn from a cake and a large wad of yarn comes out all at once.

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