knit
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- n a fabric made by knitting
- n a basic knitting stitch
- n needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
- v make (textiles) by knitting
knit a scarf - v tie or link together
- v to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- Four million people, mostly women in their 20s and 30s, began knitting last year alone, according to the Craft Yarn Council of America.
- The knitting turned out to be part of Boston's tercentenary celebration and it commemorated a spinning contest held there 182 years ago which ended in a riot when some 600 .
- The textile industry has long depended on large machines for knitting such small items as stockings and sweaters, but the current boom in skin-tight stretch clothes has hatched far.