AYCOOYM

Email, IM, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and websites all use a dizzying array of acronyms to keep things short and sweet. It is a skill set not taught in school to type on a phone and to keep the number of characters short. Much like the headlines in a newspaper, acronyms are supposed to hook us without the lengthy description. I too have been caught up as evidenced by my blog name. To be fair, UFOs have been conversationally used as long as I have been sewing and crocheting which is longer than the Internet has been in use. We did have fire and the wheel in my childhood but the Internet was much later.

Just as I think you shouldn't be issued a vehicle license plate acronym if I cannot readily figure it out (a leading cause in my driving mishaps is squinting at the plate in front of me trying to sound out a word),I also think our daily use of acronyms should be self explanatory. I should not have to Google the meaning of my personal text messages. Some of the popular acronyms in use today would have been helpful in spy correspondence during world war two. We could now hire twelve year old kids to design new spy codes. Actually looking at Twitter that may be where these have all originated. But that's just my WAG (wild ass guess).

While working on a project today, I broke a needle. I know I have plenty more, somewhere in the back of a very full closet of projects, so I began to search. I had to pull quite a few projects, supplies, and boxes out looking or my needle stash. I don't want to waste time organizing the closet today but I couldn't help but notice the stacks were broken down into categories as I piled them up around the room.

I ended up with the following piles:

WIP-works in progress
PIGS-projects in grocery sacks
PIMP-projects in many pieces
PIP-Projects in Progress
PODS-Projects on Dusty Shelves
HRSY-Haven’t Really Started Yet
SABLE-Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy

The largest pile, by far, were my leftovers. Yarn, material, threads, all too plentiful to throw out, yet just not quite enough for new project use. I found a large collection of patterns for these leftovers as well. None quite as creative as the sweater scrap pattern from the Internet shown above. This sweater has it's own acronym. AYCOOYM: Are you completely out of your mind?

OMG, I think we all know what that one is now. I cannot locate the correct needle to save my life so I am off for some SEX. For you non quilters and knitters, that is a Stash Enhancing eXcursion.

I would love to hear your POV (point of view) in the comments below. Have to run to the needlepoint store before COB (close of business).