Thursday, May 06, 2010

Glossary

Because knitters use fun diction that is not easily understood, this post exists to clarify terms I use.

I might someday figure out how to link to it, I might not. We'll see how much effort I actually end up putting into this.


Frog: To rip out, usually many rows at a time. (Rip it! Rip it!)

Gauge swatch: A square-ish piece of knitting, often 4" by 4", used to determine stitches per inch so that a garment will fit correctly.

Surgery: To fix by dropping stitches and reconstructing the piece correctly.

Tink: To knit, backward. To undo progress, one stitch at a time.

WIP: Work In Progress. For me, this means stuff on the needles. If it's cast off the needles but not blocked yet? It's done, I'm just lazy.

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