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Look up: knitting

  1. knitting
    [n] - creating knitted wear
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. knitting
    Method of making fabric by looping and knotting yarn, originally with two or four needles. Knitting may have developed from crochet, which uses a single, hooked needle, or from netting. A mechanized...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Knitting
    Knit'ting noun 1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting. 2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones. Knitting machine , one of a number of contrivances for mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/15

  4. knitting
    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) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. knitting
    noun creating knitted wear
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Knitting
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knit • (n.) Union formed by knitting, as of bones. • (n.) The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. knitting
    production of fabric by employing a continuous yarn or set of yarns to form a series of interlocking loops. Knit fabrics can generally be stretched ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/41

  8. knitting
    knitting, construction of a fabric made of interlocking loops of yarn by means of needles. Knitting, allied in origin to weaving and to the netting and knotting of fishnets and snares, was apparently unknown in Europe before the 15th cent., when it began to be practiced in Italy and Spain. The Scots...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  9. Knitting
    Knitting is an industrial and ornamental art allied to weaving, but of much later origin. It consists in forming a series of loops with a single thread, through which another row of loops is passed, and so on consecutively; differing from crochet in so far as the series of loops are not thrown off a...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. knitting
    Type: Term Pronunciation: nit′ing Definitions: 1. Nonmedical term denoting the process of union of the fragments of a broken bone or of the edges of a wound.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  11. knitting
    Method of making fabric by looping and knotting yarn, originally with two or four needles. Knitting may have developed from crochet, which uses a single, hooked needle, or from netting. A mechanized process for making stockings was developed in the 16th century, but it was not until the mid-20th century that the invention of the knitting machin...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Knitting
    `Knitting` is a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth or other fine crafts. Knitted fabric consists of consecutive loops, called stitches. As each row progresses, a new loop is pulled through an existing loop. The active stitches are held on a needle until another loop can be passe...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting



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