Twits and Snits and Slubs, Oh My!

In a snit over twits and slubs?

One of the greatest things about learning a new craft is all the words that go with it. It's like learning code. Here are a couple of my faves.

Slub - a fat place in the spun strand. Pure Evil if you want a consistent diameter. Pure Fun if you're going for funky. A slub can also be called a burl.

Twit - a too-skinny place in the spun strand. Also, a bad-mannered, preferably skinny, bratty English kid.

Snit - a state of emotional irritation. Not a spinning term but one that often applies, especially when I am trying to make nice, even, consistent, smooth, perfect yarn but what comes out of my hands are twits and slubs.

Illustration by Quentin Blake, from The Twits, by Roald Dahl