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to unknit

8.0

To undo a sweater or other item made from yarn to reuse the yarn

verb
/ʌnˈnɪt/

: deshacer

If you make a mistake, you can always unknit a few rows and try again.

Examples

He unknits scarves when he wants to change the pattern or color.
Please unknit that part carefully!
She carefully unknitted the sweater to reuse the yarn for a new project.
She decided to unknit the scarf she had made.
After making a mistake in her knitting, Lisa had to unknit several rows to fix it.
He decided to unknit the sweater he had made, as he no longer liked the color.
To create a different pattern, she skillfully worked to unknit the fabric that she had just completed.

Synonyms

to unravel

vsto unknit

38 4.3

To come apart into threads, like a rope or cloth

refers specifically to taking apart looped yarn fabric rather than any material

to unpick

vsto unknit

1 6.4

To remove stitches from fabric by taking out the thread

focuses on taking apart fabric made from loops of yarn rather than sewn seams

to frog

vsto unknit

Jargon

9.9

To undo knitting by taking out stitches to fix a mistake

covers undoing such looped yarn fabric generally rather than only for fixing mistakes

Antonyms

to knit

38 3.1

To make fabric by looping yarn with needles or a machine

How Undone

to unravel

38 4.3

to unknit

8.0

to unpick

1 6.4

to undo

21 1.3

to loosen

88 1.0

Surface Forms

unknit infinitive

unknit past

unknit past participle

unknitting present participle

unknits third person singular

Morphology

unknit = knit (transparent) = un + knit

Productive negative prefix 'un-' plus the verb 'knit' yields a literal 'undo knitting' meaning that learners can derive directly.

Etymology

Unknit comes from the start un- meaning 'do the opposite of' and knit meaning 'to join yarn with needles'. So it literally means to 'undo' a piece of knitting, like taking the stitches out to reuse the yarn.