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Definition of Knitting
1. Noun. Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine.
Generic synonyms: Needlecraft, Needlework
Examples of category: Bind Off, Tie Up
Derivative terms: Knit, Knit, Knit
2. Noun. Creating knitted wear.
Definition of Knitting
1. n. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.
Definition of Knitting
1. Verb. (present participle of knit) ¹
2. Noun. The action of the verb ''to knit''; the process of producing knitted material. ¹
3. Noun. Material that has been, or is being knitted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knitting
1. work done by a knitter [n -S]
Medical Definition of Knitting
1. Nonmedical term denoting the process of union of the fragments of a broken bone or of the edges of a wound. Origin: M.E., knitten, to knot, fr. A.S. Cnyttan (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knitting
Literary usage of Knitting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"Elegant work for delicate fingers ; designs for crochet work, knitting, ...
Hope (Mrs.) The book of the baby's wardrobe in knitting and netting. ..."
2. A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins by Johann Beckmann (1846)
"IN the art of weaving, the woof is thrown or made to pass through the numerous
threads of the warp1, and is retained by them; but in knitting there is only ..."
3. Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools: Also Adapted by William Henry Dooley (1914)
"Crocheting is an analogous art, but differs from knitting in the fact that the
separate loops are thrown off and finished by hand successively, ..."
4. The Cotton Manufacturing Industry of the United States by Melvin Thomas Copeland (1912)
"Two general types of knitting machine, flat-bed and circular, ... The problems
to which inventors of knitting machinery turned their attention were the ..."
5. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1921)
"I did not say that I stopped knitting for the soldiers. ... And we may draw the
inference from that that she is knitting for her brother, a soldier. ..."
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