Crochet Lingo

Crochet Lingo

Ami – short for Amigurumi, the Japanese art of making crochet animals and toysBistichtual – this is someone who both knits and crochets
C2C – Corner-to-Corner Crochet
CAL – Crochet Along, a project in which a new part of the pattern is released every week or fortnight. A crochet along is a great way to work on the same project with people from all over the world.
CnC – Critter and Crochet photo, this a photo of your pet with your crochet work, usually your cat or dog that is preventing you from getting to your crochet because they are all over it.
De-stashing (also know as Un-stashing) – when you give away or sell some of your yarn stash, usually to make room for more yarn that you really want.
FO – Finished object
FOTH – Fresh off the HookFreeform (also called freestyle or freehand) – crochet worked without a pattern, just taking it one stitch at a time and seeing where it goes.
Frog or Frogging – ripping out your work. The word comes from the sound that a frog makes, ‘ribbit’ which sounds like ‘rip it’.
FS – For Sale, when posing an item such as yarn or crochet project in a social group which is available for sale.
Hooker – A proud crocheter; very true for me, for you too?
HOTH – Hot off the hookHSPY – Have not started project yet
ISO – In search of, usually yarn or a pattern
JOTH – Just off the hookLYS – Local or little yarn store, a very dangerous place!
MAM – Mile a Minute afghan, a project that works up really fast.
MGBTC – Must get back to crocheting
NCR – Not Crochet Related, often used in crochet social groups when posting something that is not related to crochet.
OCD – Obsessive crocheting disorder
PABLE – Patterns accumulated beyond life expectancy
PHD – projects half donePIGS – projects in grocery bags, this is not a good sign actually….
PTP – Permission to Post, especially applicable to social groups that have strict rules about what may and may not be posted.
SABLE – stash accumulated beyond life expectancy
STASH – all your yarn, also that hidden yarn that your husband isn’t allowed to know about
TALC – Take along crochet
TIA – Thank you in advance, often used in social groups when asking a question.
TOAD – Trashed object abandoned in disgust, never going back to it again.
UFO – Unfinished object, this might become a TOAD at a certain point if you don’t watch out.
USO – Unstarted object, a project you have all the yarn for but have not started yet for which ever reason.
WIP – Work in progress
WIM – Work in mind, your crochet to-do list
WIVSP – Work in very slow progress, can lead to a
UFOYAP – Yet another projectYarn Barf (also known as Yarn Vomit) – The yarn mess that comes out of the center of a ball of yarn if you don’t get the starting tail right.
Yarn Bomb – An object that has been covered by crochet or knitted fabric. Often public property such as lamp posts, benches and trees.
Yarn Cake – the winded yarn you end up with when winding a skein of yarn using a yarn winder.
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