The acronym I try to avoid is SABLE = stash accumulation beyond life expectancy! I think the stories behind yarn weight names would make an interesting episode. Why do the British call fingering weight 2ply even when it's a single or 3 ply yarn? I know DK is twice as thick as fingering - was fingering a default weight of yarn at one time? Why is worsted both a yarn weight and a spinning method? Love your podcasts - can't wait to see what you're making next - you've introduced me to some wonderful French Canadian designers. Thanks for sharing!
I hadn't come across tink. Frogging was always just pulling out and one stitch at a time, taking back. Very interesting video. I have just finished a cardigan today from 20 year old wool bought in St Andrews in Scotland!
I know most of these, but it's taken several years, and boy would I have appreciated having this knowledge on the outset! Thanks for putting it together in such a handy reference. "Frogging" was a new one for me, though. Not the term, but the definition. I love it! Thanks again. :)
Thank you for this very interesting video. I know all the terms even though I’ve recently returned to knitting after a long absence. Many of the terms are applicable to sewing, which I also love to do. Your English is fantastic, except for the word acronym. 😊
I say 2aat all the time but haven’t seen it written this way, interesting. Another term is yarn barf. This you may already know, when you seek to pull the center out of a commercial ball of yarn and it is a mess. The new knitters in my group thought this was funny.
Very thankful for the explanation of the different kinds of yarn organization. I did not know the difference between yarn hank, skein, ball,cake. Not a native English speaker and it always was an enigma to me what is what. Unfortunately a dictionary isn't that helpful either, as it is too specific of a topic. LYS took me some time, too ^^ Love the backstory of frogging, as we don't have something comparable in our language.
I think the differences are location specific, too. In the UK, a skein is the basic unknittable-from twist, and the oval ready-wound product is just a ball. Most commercial balls are oval, and truly spherical ones are home-made. I was very surprised when I (only recently) discovered that to people on the other side of the Atlantic a skein is something you can knit directly from.
I heard skein is used more internationally (non US?) for hank but I agree with your definitions. A lot of these terms/abbreviations are used very similarly in cross stitch and quilting communities as well.
Would love a video on some picky differences between yarn weights. Sport weight is that oddball that’s not quite dk but definitely not fingering. And now done companies are calling very thin yarns as light fingering… And worsted is the “normal” yarn, but not in California!!
I love the way you explain all of our special knitting terminology. I believe the word you were looking for is acronym. Thanks !
Acronym = first letter of each word. This was a fun and informative episode, Thanks!
So glad you enjoyed the video!
@@theyarngoeson because “acro” is the prefix meaning “the very tip/edge” as in acrocentric chromosomes, which have no short arm….
Acronym is an initialism (take first letter of each word) that itself is also a word or can be pronounced as if a word.
Une session parfaite! Merci et bon temps des fêtes ❤
The acronym I try to avoid is SABLE = stash accumulation beyond life expectancy!
I think the stories behind yarn weight names would make an interesting episode. Why do the British call fingering weight 2ply even when it's a single or 3 ply yarn? I know DK is twice as thick as fingering - was fingering a default weight of yarn at one time? Why is worsted both a yarn weight and a spinning method?
Love your podcasts - can't wait to see what you're making next - you've introduced me to some wonderful French Canadian designers. Thanks for sharing!
I hadn't come across tink. Frogging was always just pulling out and one stitch at a time, taking back. Very interesting video.
I have just finished a cardigan today from 20 year old wool bought in St Andrews in Scotland!
I know most of these, but it's taken several years, and boy would I have appreciated having this knowledge on the outset! Thanks for putting it together in such a handy reference. "Frogging" was a new one for me, though. Not the term, but the definition. I love it! Thanks again. :)
At my age STABLE is the one that always makes me smile. 😀. Stash Beyond Life Expectancy!! It’s where I am. Lol
This helped me a lot and I’ve been knitting for many decades. Frogging was always a mystery to me. Thanks.
Rip it rip it! 😅
Thank you for this very interesting video. I know all the terms even though I’ve recently returned to knitting after a long absence. Many of the terms are applicable to sewing, which I also love to do. Your English is fantastic, except for the word acronym. 😊
Thankyou for your precious time explaining some of these knitting terms Very much appreciated
I'm glad you found it helpful!
I always thought "frog" was an acronym for "fully rip out garment".
I say 2aat all the time but haven’t seen it written this way, interesting. Another term is yarn barf. This you may already know, when you seek to pull the center out of a commercial ball of yarn and it is a mess. The new knitters in my group thought this was funny.
Very thankful for the explanation of the different kinds of yarn organization. I did not know the difference between yarn hank, skein, ball,cake. Not a native English speaker and it always was an enigma to me what is what. Unfortunately a dictionary isn't that helpful either, as it is too specific of a topic.
LYS took me some time, too ^^
Love the backstory of frogging, as we don't have something comparable in our language.
I think the differences are location specific, too. In the UK, a skein is the basic unknittable-from twist, and the oval ready-wound product is just a ball. Most commercial balls are oval, and truly spherical ones are home-made. I was very surprised when I (only recently) discovered that to people on the other side of the Atlantic a skein is something you can knit directly from.
I heard skein is used more internationally (non US?) for hank but I agree with your definitions.
A lot of these terms/abbreviations are used very similarly in cross stitch and quilting communities as well.
Would love a video on some picky differences between yarn weights. Sport weight is that oddball that’s not quite dk but definitely not fingering. And now done companies are calling very thin yarns as light fingering…
And worsted is the “normal” yarn, but not in California!!
Do other languages have knitting acronyms?
One that I didn't know was TAAT. Now I know that it is Two At A Time when making socks😊
Exactly! 2aat or Taat!
Pssst. Acronyms is the word 😉
Seriously! I don't know where my brain went on that one.
Thank you for your informative videos. By the way….what is the hat pattern you’re wearing? Super cute!
think the word you are looking for is acronym?
Yes it is! I totally drew a blank.
You are looking for the word acronym 🙃
Thank goodness! It had somehow disappeared from my brain.
Acronym, aka, TLA, or three letter Acronym. Kinda funny, right?