to knit

Examples

• All

• On another occasion, the teachers asked the girls to knit socks to send to a hospital.

  Academic text (2000)

• I had even knit long white gowns for the small dolls I'd gotten at the hobby shop.

  Fiction book (1995)

• If you want to keep that in, why not knit yourself a nice brain hat?

• I can knit you one if you want.

  The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

• Then she would read or knit before going to sleep.

  Fiction book (1997)

• A couple of years ago, I knit one of these for a friend's birthday.

  Blog text (1)

• Mom: But she's not too busy to knit each of you a sweater.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Gayla taught Laura to knit, which drives Mom crazy.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The mittens her mother had knit her were double layered: black with white angora stars.

  Fiction book (1990)

• My grandmother taught me how to knit a warm sweater for winter.

Idioms

K

to knit one's brows

• Informal

1 6.8

To move the eyebrows together in a small frown when thinking, confused, or worried

Phrasal Verbs

K

to knit together

2 3.9

Make people or groups work closely together as one

Compounds

T

tight-knit community

3 3.5

A group of people who know and help each other

T

tightly knit

3 3.7

A group whose members are close and support each other

C

closely knit

1 3.7

A group of people who help and support each other

D

double knit

• Specialized

1 5.1

A thick fabric made from two layers of thread joined together that holds its shape well

L

loosely knit

1 5.5

A group of people with weak informal connections

K

knit stitch

• Specialized

3.3

A basic loop made with needles when making cloth from yarn

How Textured

to purl stitch

• Specialized

8.7

to knit

38 3.1

Surface Forms

Etymology