Definition of Knit stitch

1. Noun. A basic knitting stitch.

Exact synonyms: Knit, Plain, Plain Stitch
Generic synonyms: Knitting Stitch
Derivative terms: Knit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knit Stitch

knights in shining armour
knights marshal
knightship
knightships
kniphofia
knish
knishes
knismesis
knismogenic
knit
knit cap
knit caps
knit one's brows
knit one's eyebrows
knit stitch (current term)
knitathon
knitathons
knitback
knitch
knitches
knits
knitster
knitsters
knittable
knitted
knitted fabric
knitter
knitters
knittest

Literary usage of Knit stitch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Potter's American Monthly (1880)
"Knit fourteen stitches, slip one; knit one of the sixteen white stitches of the instep, put the slip stitch over the knit stitch. Knit back. ..."

2. Babyhood: Devoted Exclusively to the Care of Infants and Young Children (1885)
"First row : Begin by knitting the first two stitches together, then silk once around the needle ; repeat to end of row, and finish with one knit stitch. ..."

3. The Girl's Own Book. by Lydia Maria Francis Child (1835)
"This knitting the instep-needle twice, where you knit the others once, will produce a hole each time; but narrowing the last double-knit stitch with one ..."

4. The Little Girl's Own Book by Lydia Maria Francis Child, Eliza Leslie (1847)
"... will produce a hole each time; but narrowing the last double- knit stitch with one from the side needles, every time you go round, remedies the evil. ..."

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