garter stitch
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- noun
- /ˈɡɑːrtər stɪtʃ/
- Jargon
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punto de liga
- To achieve a beautiful edge on the blanket, I learned how to knit a garter stitch border.
Examples
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The recipe suggested a simple garter stitch for the entire project, making it perfect for beginners.
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Then I knit the garter stitch neckband on size #0 needles.
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I decided to make a scarf using the garter stitch technique, which creates a soft and textured pattern.
How Textured
- Specialized
- Jargon
- Specialized
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
garter + stitch
The headword 'stitch' makes it clear this is a type of stitch, but 'garter' does not transparently indicate the knitting method or the resulting horizontal ridge pattern; knowing the literal meanings of both constituents would not let a B1 learner deduce that it means knitting every row. This is a specialized, technical knitting term (jargon), so the relation between parts and the precise procedural meaning is only partially recoverable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The knitting name garter stitch may come from old garters, the cloth bands people used to hold up stockings that were made by knitting simple rows. Knitting every row makes a bumpy, stretchy fabric, so today garter stitch means that easy, ridged stitch.