frog stitch
v.— «The teacher taught them (this was the beginning cross stitch class) the “frog stitch.” It’s when you go “rip, rip, rip.”» —“Re: Finished an old UFO-and official delurk” by Christina Gigante Usenet: rec.crafts.textiles.needlework Oct. 2, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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