Tink And Frog

Here's one for Melissa, Jean, and meriko. One of my word podcasts mentioned knitting slang terms frog and tink. The first means to rip out a bunch of rows because of some earlier mistake, and is derived from the fact that you have to "rip it, rip it." The second refers to backing up a few stitches to undo a more recent mistake. And its origin is as obvious as it is witty: knit backwards to tink.