20 TERMS EVERY CROCHETER SHOULD KNOW [CROCHET 101] - TL Yarn Crafts
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I won yarn chicken with 3" left the other week... I felt very fulfilled 🤣
LET'S GOOOO 🎉
Yay!
The BEST feeling!
This sounds like a fun game. Never heard of it. Care to explain it to me? I'd love to learn it. I can bring it to my crochet group :)
@@ilikethehook haha, it's not a real game... it's when you have barely enough yarn left to finish a project and finish it with a tiny bit to spare! 😊
My dad had this absolute talent for always finding the end of the center pull of a skein. Unerringly, he’d poke his fingers into one end and just… pull it out, no yarn barf, no snags. Every. Single. Time. Unfortunately, I have not inherited this wonderful skill.
If you go by the label, on a label that has the tops of the letters at the skein ends, pull from the top end. If the letters have their sides at the end of the skein, go to the left end.
I still have trouble finding it sometimes, still get yarn barf, and there are some yarns that this is still problematic for (KnitPicks CotLin for one--can never find the center pull, so I just cake it up from the outside pull), but it's a general rule of thumb.
Because I stole it. 😂
I have that talent and all of my friends who have been working with yarn longer than me get so mad.
I've found that if you spend a little time fingering your yarn ball 😏 you can often feel out the tail and yoink it out with minimal yarn barf
WOW!!
My mom taught me how to do it if makes crocheting and it helps crocheting or knitting. 😊
A term that I have used with my knitting is TOAD - Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust. Usually this is a project that starts out with high hopes but ends with great disappointment due to any number of factors.
Love it!! Sadly I have a number of TOADs in my cupboard. lol
That matches really well with the term frogging! Love it
Omg I'm stealing this 🤣
Omg 😳 love this we need to add it to the list ! We also need emojis a bingo board game and maybe even a mug ☕️ or tshirt with these listed !
Later, when I've come to peace with my TOADs (love this!), I like frogging them back into a ball and thinking about how sometimes in life, you really do get another chance at redoing your mistakes
Yarnscape = meaning a place where all your yarn is beautifully displayed.
LOY= Lifetime of Yarn, your yarnscape has so much yarn that it would take a lifetime for you to go through it all
Yarn Ban= When you’ve purchased so much yarn that you have to ban yourself from buying it for awhile
These are just a few, there are so many, I’ve been crocheting for over 10 years but the list gets longer, lol
I know LOY as SABLE - Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy…and its companion PABLE - Pattern Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy 😉🤓😆
Super cool
I have Yarn banned myself. I have 6 x 40 litre tubs full of yarn 🧶
I've gone "cold sheep" aka not buying yarn at all (for a certain amount of time.) Or shopping from stash.
ahahah i’ve never heard of LOY until now, this is definitely my current yarnscape condition!!😂😂
I lost my crojo for years after my nan died… then one day figured that actually nan would have preferred to see me enjoying the crafts she taught me, so picked crochet and cross stitch back up again! And I think she would have loved some of the stuff I’ve made!
Laughing here, I just finished playing yarn chicken, and won (with 7 inches left)! Exhilarating! In my more than 60 years of crocheting and knitting, I never heard of that term...but it's my new phrase of the month! Proof you can teach an old dog new tricks! Love your videos and always pick up new information!
I’m such a rebel…no swatching, ignore dye lots, and hand ball my twisted hanks. Also results in tangles. Maybe I’m not a rebel, but just absolutely nuts 😂
I am a center-pulling heathen and I dropped my yarn cake a bunch of times on my last project so the WHOLE CAKE became yarn barf. It was not a fun time. And it was colour change yarn so there was no cutting bits out. XD so I bit the bullet and untangled the whole skein. I was so proud of myself
I felt this soooooo much! That collective yarn barf at the end of a cake hurts!!!!
Thanks for putting this out there. I'm in a group of people learning crochet and knitting. A lot of our newbies need this so they aren't completely in the dark when we start talking about our WIPs.
I played yarn chicken once. I never thought crochet would ever give me low level stress but that moment did. Glad to say I won, but never again. 😂
What a fun video! I don’t crochet. I knit so the terms were familiar. Sometimes in knitting you have to “TINK”!!! That’s knit spelled backwards when you need to take out a few stitches but not frog! I call my place Area 51 I have so many UFOS of different kinds of projects! 🤣
I hope you don't mind if I steal your Area 51 comment. Too cute.
@@debbiemiksch7276 Absolutely, please feel free to use and share! LOL Maybe I shouldn’t watch so many shows about aliens and the conspiracies about them! 🤣
My swift is my feet - it's worked just fine for over 40 yrs!
Looking forward to this! As English isn't my native tongue, these kind of vocabularies can be very tricky. 😅
good morning, it was nice to see you again, it's just a pity that I don't understand much, but what we don't understand, I'll add to it, greetings from Poland
I didn't know the expression "yarn chicken"! Hilarious! Recently I won: I made myself a top from a 1,000 meter ball of thin cotton thread - and ended up with less than 1 meter of yarn! YaY!
😂 yarn chicken!! I laughed out loud, was just playing that game earlier. Made it and even had enough to add the first popcorn flower embellishment to the end.
I've been knitting and crocheting for 55 years. My biggest complaint? It's when the manufacturer ties a knot in variegated, ombre or even gradient yarn and the colors don't match. WHAT??? How is _dark blue_ the same as _white?!?!_ (I have the pic to prove it.) Now what? I cut out the knot and search through the rest of the ball/skein/lump to find the matching color and tie a new knot. Sometimes that's not possible, so I'll hunt through other balls/skeins/lumps of the same dye lot until I find a match. I will not let them win!!! 😂
This being my first Toni video I intend to binge, as you are a joy to watch and hear. Great info and easy on the ears and eyes.
That last sentence made me laugh! If I wasn't already subscribed, I would be now. Confidence girl! ❤
I have a love/hate relationship with yarn barf 😂. I love not coming across it but when I do, I hate it but sometimes I look forward to untangling it and winding it up myself so it looks really pretty. It helps me de-stress especially when I need to take a break from a large project. (I'm looking at you my king sized tree of life blanket)
If I was smarter I would try to think of an acronym for those of us who are rebels in not swatching, stitch counting, or pre-planning a project.
Tony, I love your videos and it is because of you I have picked up crocheting after over five years of not. I just love the energy you put out, the easy way you walk us through everything, the fact that it really shows how much you love doing this that you really have a lot of talent and a big heart to share it with all of us, and that smile-wow! Most creators never show their faces but you "talk" to us and that sets you up above everyone else.
Ms. TL, You are by far, the best crochet teacher I've come across as a beginner--and I've been watching a lot of vids. I'm hoping and praying you will do more vids for us beginners on things like using back bumps, how to read a pattern with all those darn initials, how to chain 1,2 or 3 then turning work with unique but easy stitches like stacking SC's etc. I always find myself coming back to your one video for beginners whenever I lose my way. Oh ... and I'm def a beginner-yarn-chicken!! 😂
I have heard all of these (experienced some, like trying to work with a hank - I spent three evenings detangling the thing and ended up with six separate balls and no losses - except for my sanity) because I spend way too much time on Reddit, with the exception of UFO, because I call that Work/Project on Hiatus.
Another term I would like to pitch is Stash Buster (projects), aka the things you make with all the extra yarn you bought to avoid yarn chicken.
I also think we should have a term for scrolling through crochet related media instead of working on a project that is now placed in your lap (and will remain there for the next half an hour). Procrastination, but make it... crochet-y.
You’re absolutely right - we definitely do need a word for scrolling our crafty socials instead of doing the crafty thing 😂
I don’t use a swift. My kids look forward to chasing the skeins around while I wind them. It’s a game for them. But we are pretty weird, so….
😂😂😂😂
Thank you so much for telling me I needed to wind hanks! I have been lucky to not deal with hanks of yarn in any of my projects so I never had to deal with this. Now I know if I ever get a hank I need to wind it first. You have saved me from potential stress!
Thank you, Toni!!! Your voice is perfect for presentation. It is always a bright spot in my day watching a TL Yarn Crafts video.
S.A.B.L.E== Stash Aquired Beyond Life Expectancy 😁 What a fun video! I loved HOTH! And your smile! You have an infectious smile 😊
Your videos are great! I started crocheting during the winter. Some personal interruptions happened and I went away completely from crochet. Now I'm trying to get back. I found you last winter but I forgot how much I enjoy listening 🎧 to and watching your videos. You're helping me get my crojo back!
It's 3:30 am and I just ran across this video. I'm so glad you discussed hanks. I was just gifted some yarn and it included a few hanks. I had never seen this before so I'm glad to know it's not usable as is straight from the pack, but that it has to be "prepared" first. I'm sure you just saved me a headache. Thanks!
That alone just earned you a new subscriber. 🙂
Welcome! I'm so glad the video is helpful. Glad you can avoid a knotted mess of yarn, lol
Great Video! I’ve been knitting and crocheting for 50ish years! Never have I thought of switching to a smaller needle/hook to win at yarn chicken! Thank you so much!
This was definitely a fun video. I don’t crochet, and no our language very well. But it was still fun to hear you talk about our special terms.
Oh, yes. I never watched, but that is probably because I pretty much stick to things that don’t require anything. In other words, I don’t create wearables. I enjoy crocheting, or knitting, blankets, hats, shawls, etc. That way I don’t need to watch.
Toni's makeup is beautifully complimenting the warm tones in her head scarf! I'm learning crochet terms and style today!
😂 Just getting started and learning. I've been reinforcing my free crochet class lessons with your tutorials once i get home and have forgotten everything i learned! Every time you'd say Wip, my brain goes to 🚘. 😅 Stumbled across this gem of a video today. I'm starting to feel like I am going to actually get this. Yay! Thanks!
Thanks for the crojo! Everyone in comments also helped inspire me 💕 Got my yarn out - Finishing a project rn!
A halter with wings for my dog 🐕 🧚♀️ - I’m making a light, summery-spring fairy/butterfly winged one 🦋 and one with feathery angel wings for cool weather 🐕 👼
I’ve been out of the crojo for a few days! But ugh just listening to you talking about crocheting made me get the yarn back out! I’m in the middle of making some funky pillow covers! And I’m just so happy to get back in the groove now
Hey. Scots gal from UK here. That honey sounds lush.
Thanks again for your lovely kind informational videos! But just a heads up Just as the stitch terms are a little different here in uk our names are too. Here we don’t use “hank”. That yarn form here is a skein, and “bullet skein” is always just called a ball. We don’t differentiate between ball shapes they’re just balls. ☺️
Sending you another cuppa , for all that honey! Love love x
Great and fun video! Learned HOTH - which had confused me from the Star Wars planet :-P Another tool (notion?) that I recently encountered was a nostepinne - a wooden stick with a groove at one end used to hand wind balls/cakes of yarn. A handy tool and one I'm still learning to use properly.
There are also options on the twist of the yarn, either a Z or S twist. When you crochet and the yarn seems to untwist, it is usually due to the type of twist.
You look so good in pink. We must have some of the same skin undertones because people say the same about me in pink. Lovely!
I'm so glad you do videos, otherwise, I'd never have learned about yarn chicken.
Thank You for this. I actually learned something, a few somethings actually. My neice wants to learn to crochet, and I will be sharing this with her. Much love, and happy hooking.
I’ve been crocheting and knitting for the last 11 years and I’ve never heard most of these. 😂 I’ve always just done it as a hobby on my own. I rarely use patterns and often just eyeball things which has worked well for me so far. I’m just now getting into crocheting/knitting more and trying to learn some of the things that no one taught me when I was little. I’m overdue for a level up in skills. Thank you for this.
Yay for #teamskein! 🎉 I've heard it pronounced scan recently and almost threw something at the TV!
This is a great video, Toni ❤❤❤
Bonnie Barker pronounces it more like Scan, I'm assuming it's a dialect thing 😄 I call it hank / cake / ball depending on the presentation!
@@lauren219 Yes! I could not remember who it was!! I like Toni's method for remembering the correct pronunciation #noSkeinNoGain
Great video. Great use of English words. The terms all make perfect sense. I sure enjoy watching you ☺️. Love your cheerfulness,it rubs off on me!!!
I was working on a poncho a while ago with a sort of lacey border around it, and I was playing yarn chicken with the last row of the border. I think I had maaaaybe four inches of yarn left at the end, after I'd been reduced to threatening all sorts of harm upon it if it made me order another skein.
Also, "stash." The leftover bits of yarn where there's enough left that you'd feel bad tossing it, but it's not actually enough to do anything with, so it just accumulates until you have enough various odds and ends to to do a "stash buster" project.
I lost my crojo as I'm going through a divorce but this week I picked up the keys to a new apartment for my girls and I! I picked up my crochet things from the storage unit so I really hope soon to be able to take the time to get my crojo back. I started teaching myself to crochet December 2020 and it was life changing. I can't wait to get back into it. I even started learning Tunisian crochet thanks to you. I'll pick something from your book, I think!
I learned about Hanks when I got some of the pantoneXcaron yarn Collab a few years ago. They quickly became the bane of my existence.
Your presentation is warm and clear. I appreciate it so much!
I love the term Yarn Chicken it is actually my favorite term out of all the things listed in the video. I never actually knew it was called yarn Chicken but as soon as you said it i knew what you were talking about and i totally related to it😄 i find that i often play yarn Chicken without actually noticing it. And i love winning at yarn Chicken. It is so like satisfying to a point and fun.
Thank you so much Toni for this really fun and entertaining short video on these beautiful terminologies. I love the way you present yourself and i love how your videos are always so fun and entertaining. Thank you so much Toni 🥰🌻❤
Love your head covering. So pretty
THANK YOU for validating the way skein in pronounced. It's a pet peeve of mine. I actually unsubscribed from a popular crochet you tube channel because the woman running it continually says "skeen". I know, I'm high maintenance.
My book arrived today! Thank you for the mystery goodies! ❤️🥰 I appreciate all that you do so much, you have such a great way with words and are so easy to understand. Thank you!
Excellent video. Learned a couple new terms. Thank you.
Ugh yarn barf. I’ve definitely experienced that. So glad there is a term for that- I used a different word 🤣. Thanks for sharing. My cro-jo is low right now so watching this is very helpful. Love from Phoenix AZ.
I played yarn chicken and lost. I had a dickens of a time finding the color I needed for just a few more rows and it cost me more than twice what I paid for the yarn I originally bought. Lesson learned. Thank you for everything you do for us. You’re the best!
This is why I subscribed to you you’re so informative and enjoyable to watch
This was an awesome video! Thank u so much! I learned a lot! Still new to the crochet world!
Thanks Toni! Such a fun video - I'm a long time crocheter and almost as long time tunisian crocheter. Really enjoy your videos and tutorials 😊
SABLE = Stash Acquired/Acquisitions Beyond Life Expectancy -- To have more yarn than can be used in a lifetime, can be said jokingly or seriously.
FYI, I have successfully used yarn straight from the hank. I placed the hank around my neck like a necklace. I unwrapped a round or two from the hank, worked my row, and repeat. When I was done working on the project, I carefully took the hank off and set it aside with the project. I just did not feel like balling up the fingering-weight yarn by hand.
You do give me cro jo. You are my main go to for crochet info. I appreciate you
Thanks for the update. Some of these terms were new to me, so it helps when I encounter them. Love your videos!
I'm new to crocheting and loved your video. It is so great to know the terminology now.
This video was so fun! I recently lost yarn chicken with my Omar Wrap because I didn’t do a gauge swatch (don’t usually on things like shawls). I had to buy a third cake of Lion Brand Mandala Ombré and it was a different dye lot. Unfortunately different enough to see the difference 🤪😭
Thank you for this video Toni ♥️ and thank you so much for it’s skein not skeen 👍🏼 that was one of my favorite parts 😁
I recently saw the twisted hank in Hobby Lobby in several beautiful colors that I loved. Now that I know you can't use it 'as is', I'm glad I didn't purchase any. Thanks Toni!!!!
I thought I knew them all!🤣 Thank you Tony! That was inspire and cheerful!
Thanks again Toni. I definitely learned sone new crochet terms. I now have a UFO and played yarn chicken. 😊
Oh man, You have solved many puzzles for me 😅
I will replay the video and take notes
Thank you ❤️
So fun! 60 years crocheting and some were new to me. 😀
I just love you! Your tutorials are my favorite and you are so talented! Enough gushing, but its true!
Looking great! 😘 love from the Philippines
Can't wait for the video, you're always so bright and it helps brighten up my day/ mood also you look absolutely beautiful 💕
I love your videos and lovely talk. You are amazing. Makes you feel loved and very welcome to your videos. You Are a darling and a love in my book. I learned so much from this video... thank you. Still trying to save up for your book. Love, hugs,prayers.
OMG, I *really* wish I had known about the hank ahead of time.
About a month ago, I wanted to make a hat with a hank of alpaca yarn, but before starting it, I wanted to roll it up into a ball. I figured "this wouldn't take long", and once I figured that both ends of the hank were tied together and I got them cut open....that's when my nightmare began! It took me about *2 hours* to completely untangle the HUGE yarn barf mess of it, rolling it from either end, passing the rolled balls in and out of the tangled mess, rolling a little bit along the way, at some point I'd put one end down and start working on the other end....Once I got it completely untangled and rolled into one huge ball, I swore I'd never get a hank again! XD Oh, and I had gotten this idea of rolling the hank at 11:30pm at night, so I was done close to 2am! Yeah...."this wouldn't take long" my butt! ROFL!
Well...now I know. And now I have a nice soft hat. LOL!
My first time to watch you. Will return. Enjoyed learning the vocab!
Great review of yarnie terms. I read KAL today and it threw me for a loop until i got it because i knew CAL. Yayy! I'm so happy you mentioned the correct pronunciation of skein. Thank You! 😎 🌻
So I know I pronounce it wrong, but my momma taught me how to crochet and she pronounced it "skeen" and so I'll forever mispronounce it. :) Love your videos!!!!!
This was so helpful and such a good time to watch, thanks❤
Cute video! Thanks for the smile! You are definitely a huge part of my cro-jo! ❤️
Alot of these overlap with knitting and spinning.
I almost always find the end in a ball of yarn. In Australia we call all skeins, balls and the hank is called a skein. I sometimes have a BARF but not often.
Loved your video and your enthusiasm 😊 I’m now subscribed look forward to watching you 😊
What I like about ur Chanel is short cuts ,I wish u make a full book about crochet types history hooks that’s a encyclopaedia because their is a lot of books that are like has bits of this and bits of that ,and really want some thing that has it all for my library collection
Thank you Toni for clearing up frogging I didn’t know what the heck that was I heard people talking about it and yarn barf you have cleared up so much for me thank you 😊 ❤️
Loved this vid, only knew half of these, and loved the additional terms in the comments 😂
I am so happy to have a new word, ‘ cro jo’ to express my crochet groove. Today, I got my cro jo woiking.☺️
I like to say I learned how to crochet backwards where I copied techniques visually and not through a pattern. I’ve been able to make bikinis, tops and dresses from the try on method. I’d like to apply my skill towards patterns now. I’m so happy I found your channel 🥰!
I am brand new to crochet - trying to learn from youtube videos. I found you, and my name is TONI too!! so I am now a fan for life.
I have been crocheting in isolation for the last few years (still a beginner though) and am shook by the yarn swift and ball winder. My biggest struggle with motivation has been detangling yarn..WOW!
I wish I had seen this video FIRST, before I started to get back into crocheting. I learned so much, as I always do from your videos. Love from NC!!
I won yarn chicken on my last project but only because I changed the design of the straps a little so I had enough yarn to do the decorative details and the edges. Now I have a tiny little ball (like maybe 2/3meters)
I love how some lingo can be used for not only knitting obviously, but other creative places. I've been using WIP for writing stuff for years before I was a knitter.
Love your nails, I listen to your Tunisian videos and simply love the way you explain it. HOOKED on it
Thank you! Loved this video...found out I'm no stranger to copious amounts of frogging! And I just wanted to say, I think you always look good, but today you are GLOWING!
i hope you can do another video for these terminologies cuz it’s like there’s a new one every month lol it’s endless! 😆
You looked so bright and cheery!!! Need to wear more pink!!!
Thank you!
I would love to find a video on blocking projects... this is still a daunting task for me
I recently won yarn chicken with a very short end to weave in. Honestly, it's barely a win. I would just call it a tie.
Awesome. I learned a lot. Thank you
I knew all 20! WOOT!
Hello Toni. I just finished watching your RUclips video, and I was writing the terms down, but I only have 19. IDK what I might have missed. I really appreciate you doing this for us crocheters. Have a blessed day!