what do these words meen?

[tarrentella]

theres a few terms i hear on heear and im not entirely sure what they meen. can you help?

1) Frogging
2) a skein
3) a ball (of yarn)
and finally
4) FO


thank you

[DQ]

Frogging is unravelling your knitting if you've made a mistake ('rip-it rip-it')

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A skein is yarn that comes like this -->



A ball of yarn looks like this

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A FO is a finished object

[SandraEllen]

A skein is yarn that comes like this -->

Actually, I would call that a hank... I would call a skein something like this

[DQ]

Really? That's what came up when I looked for pics! I stand corrected then

[Jax3303]

here's a pic I took to show (what I've always been told) L to R a Skein, Hank and handwound ball.

[tarrentella]

oo controversy!

i think i might be knitting from a skein then
hank was the other word i wanted to know about

actually im knitting froma big tangle at the moment

[Kaydee]

Kintting from a skein is not a great idea, as I'm sure you've figured out with your tangled mess.

[aineepooh1]

I THINK~ that this "controversy" is just an excuse for someone to show off their yarn "booty"~!

[Stiney]

oo controversy!

i think i might be knitting from a skein then
hank was the other word i wanted to know about

actually im knitting froma big tangle at the moment

If you are knitting from a skein, it should not have tangled. If you are knitting from a hank, it will ALWAYS tangle. You must wind a hank into a ball or skein before you can knit from it.

[carmabelle1191]

Originally Posted by tarrentella

oo controversy! i think i might be knitting from a skein then hank was the other word i wanted to know about actually im knitting froma big tangle at the moment

If you are knitting from a skein, it should not have tangled. If you are knitting from a hank, it will ALWAYS tangle. You must wind a hank into a ball or skein before you can knit from it.

If you took the yarn from the middle of the skein, it shouldn't have tangled, like cawthraven said. Maybe you're working from a hank?