Important Stitching Terms

Term	Definition
Important Stitching Terms
FROGGING	Correcting a stitch mistake - you have to "Rip-it, rip-it, rip-it."
FUPpie	Finished Unfinished Project (finished means all stitching is complete) (also see UFO⁽²⁾ below)
HSSY	Haven't Started Stitching Yet (pronounced "hissy"), which can lead to a HSSY Fit.
IFF	I'm Finally Finished
LNS	Local Needlework Shop
ON THE WAGON	A period of time during which one avoids any SEX
ORT	Old Raggedy Thread. Also, that little bit left over.
PENELOPE STITCH	Reverse stitch. She "...unraveled by night what she wove by day...."
PMS	Protecting My Stash
PRUDE	Person Resisting Unnecessarily Diminishing Existing stash. Someone who won't StRIP.
RR	Round Robin - a group stitching exchange project
SABLE	Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy
SAL	A Stitch-A-Long - two or more stitchers working on the same project.
SEX	Stash Enhancement eXperience
STAT (also STET)	Strip Threads All the Time (also Strip Threads Every Time)
StRIP	Stash Reduction Implementation Plan - usually done when SABLE has been achieved. Typically, no SEX is allowed for a set amount of time and/or until a certain amount of stash is used up.
StRIPPer	A person who is StRIPPing.
TOAD	Too Old And Disgusting to ever work on again
UFO ⁽¹⁾	UnFInished Object
UFO ⁽²⁾	Unfinished Finished Object
WHIMM	Work Hidden In My Mind
WIP	Work In Progress
WISP	Work In Slow Progress