i got a headstick with embroidery english,please help me!

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#495606 Wed, 02 Apr 08 03:49 AM

cross stitch acronyms & terms explained!

frogging - undoing stitches... "Rip-it! Rip-it!"
ripping - see frogging
stash - your personal needlework supplies
WIP - work in progress
WISP - work in slow progress
UFO - unfinished object; haven't stitched it in a while & don't plan on soon
LNS - local needlework shop
SAL - stitch-along, where two or more stitchers work on a design at the same time
HD or happy dance - announcing a finish to your friends, acquaintances, and/or a cross stitch bulletin board
S.E.X. - stash enhancement experience; needlework-related purchases. Must always be spelled with periods to avoid being listed on the "bad" web search engines!
SABLE - Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy
on the wagon - a period of time where one avoids any new acquisition of stash
StRIP - Stash Reduction Implementation Plan, usually done when SABLE has been achieved. Typically, no new purchases are allowed for a set amount of time and/or until a certain amount of stash is used up. A person who does this is a StRIPper. See on the wagon.
PRUDE - Person Resisting Unnecessarily Diminishing Existing stash, i.e. someone who refuses to StRIP.