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Ally Pally = Alexandra Palace, one of the venues of the annual Knitting and Stitching Show

BIL = Brother in Law
BTW = By the way
BFL = Blue-Faced Leicester, a breed of sheep with really nice wool

CAL = Crochet-A-Long (like a knitalong but crochet )
CIP = Crocheting in Public

DD = Dear/Darling Daughter
DH = Dear/Darling Husband
DIL = Daughter in Law
DP = Dear/Darling Partner
DS = Dear/Darling Son
DW = Dear/Darling Wife

ETA = Edited to add

FIL = Father in Law
FO = Finished Object
Frog/Frogging = Ripping back your knitting/crochet (so called because you "rip it")
Frog Pond = the final resting place of all abandoned projects
FWIW = For what it's worth

HTH = Hope that helps

IIRC = If I Recall/Remember Correctly
IMHO = In my humble opinion
ISO = in search of
IYKWIM = If you know what I mean
IYSWIM = If you see what I mean

KAL = Knit-A-Long (lots of people joining together to make the same project)
KF = Kaffe Fassett
KIP = Knitting in Public

Lace Barf = What your lace looks like before blocking
Lifeline = threading a piece of string through the live stitches on your needle in case you have to frog back.
LMAO = Laughing my arse off
LMAOROF = Laughing my arse off, rolling on floor
LOL = Laugh out loud
LYS = Local Yarn Store (i.e. wool shop!)
LYSO = Local Yarn Shop Owner

MIL = Mother in Law

OH = Other Half
OOC = Out Of Curiosity
OP = Original Post(er)
OTH = On The Hook
OTN = On The Needles

P G-R = Patricia Gibson-Roberts
PIW = Project(s) in Waiting
PM = Private Message
Pooling = When one colour in a variegated yarn bunches together in an area

ROFLOL = Rolling on the floor laughing out loud
ROTFLMAO = Rolling on the floor, laughing my arse off

SABLE = Stash accumulated beyond life expectancy
SEX = Stash Enrichment eXercise/eXpedition
SIL = Sister in Law
SnB =Stitch and Bitch
SO = Significant Other

TBH = to be honest
Tink/Tinking = unpicking your knitting stitch by stitch (from the word "knit" reversed, because you are knitting backwards)
TOAD = Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust (see Frog Pond)

UFO = Unfinished Object

VLT = Victorian Lace Today (a splendid book of lace shawls and scarves)

WIP = Work in Progress
WPI = Wraps Per Inch (number of times yarn will wrap loosely around ruler or similar tool in one inch; more wraps indicates thinner yarn)

Yarn Barf = a big lump of yarn that accidentally gets pulled out of a new centre-pull ball, when you’re trying to find the end
YMMV = Your mileage may vary

I'm going to Sticky this and start adding any new stuff in Meejos initial post...

That means I'm going to edit your post Meejo, if that's ok.

That's great Kai! I'd hate to be the only one in charge of this

I love it! I hadn't heard of SABLE and I have it

i tend to use PMSL a lot

Never heard SABLE either and I'm tripping over it ! Yarn barf? - pmsl!

ETA - in fact I'm laughing so much I decided to print it and pin on my noticeboard - for the times when I'm not laughing

Just added OOC as I use that a lot and see it a fair bit too.

I've added all the ones from the old forum now, and put the whole list in alphabetical order. Please ignore the fact that when I wrote that on the edit note, I couldn't actually spell alphabetical...

Some of these are very funny - though I've seen some of them in SnB

Andaren xx

WTF = "Actually I find that statement difficult to believe my dear"