Knitting Acronyms
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Posted by Kelly Gilliam Jul 2, 2006 |
There has been a long history of knitting lingo, and with the advent of the knitting community making their way online a whole new crop of acronyms have sprung up. There are lots of online resources to find out what K2tog and ssk mean (a good one is here), but I found that the listings for online acronyms are sparse and mostly incomplete. What I've tried to do is combine all the internet knitting lingo together that I can and have it all in one handy location. If I have missed something, please don't hesitate to email me with the acronym and the meaning.
- FO - Finished Object
- Frog - unraveling a projected row by row
- KAL - Knit-A-Long, where a group of knitters on a forum or through a blog will all knit the same project and share their progress
- KIP - Knit In Public
- LYS - Local Yarn Shop
- LYSO - Local Yarn Shop Owner
- SABLE - Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectency - when your stash is so large that even if you knit for the rest of your life you wouldn't be able to use it all
- SEX - Stash Enrichment eXpedition - the act of going out yarn shopping for the purpose of increasing your stash
- SnB - Stitch 'N Bitch - either referring to the books by Debbie Stoller, or referring to a local group of people who meet up to knit
- Tink - Unstitching a project one stitch at a time
- UFO - Unfinished Object
- WIP - Work In Progress
- WYIB - With Yarn In Back
- WYIF - With Yarn In Front
- YAS - Yarn Acquisition Syndrome - the inability for you to not be able to buy yarn
- YMMV - Yarn Mileage May Vary, also known as YGMV (yarn gauge may vary) and YMV (yardage may vary)© Kelly Gilliam, text and images, 2006. Reproduction without permission is prohibited