This page gathers the 50 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Knitting”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- amigurumi noun The Japanese art of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn toys, typically creatures having oversized heads.
- bet prep between
- bind off verb To end a column of stitches by trapping its final stitch in a way that prevents unraveling.
- bobble noun A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
- cable verb To create cable stitches.
- cast off verb To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
- cast on verb To start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.
- CC noun Initialism of contrasting colour.
- decrease noun A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by…
- decreasing noun A decrease.
- double knitting noun A form of knitting in which two fabrics (connected or not) are knitted simultaneously with two yarns on one pair of needles.
- double-pointed needle noun a knitting needle with points at both ends; used in sets of four or five to knit narrower tubes than possible with a circular needle
- entrelac noun A knitting technique used to create a textured diamond pattern, comprising interconnected squares on two different orientations.
- eor adv Every other row; every other round.
- eyelash yarn noun A type of novelty yarn consisting of a thread base, with several long strands spaced at even intervals that jut out at an angle from the…
- Fair Isle noun A traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours.
- float noun A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- frogging noun The act of intentionally unravelling part of a work.
- garter stitch noun the most basic form of welting, produced in the round by knitting and purling alternate rows, or in the flat by knitting (or purling) every…
- gather verb To bring stitches closer together.
- gauge noun The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- in the round prep_phrase Done with circular needles, so as to create tubes of fabric.
- increase noun The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
- increasing noun An increase.
- intarsia noun A knitted design resembling a mosaic.
- k noun Abbreviation of knit.
- Kitchener stitch noun A common method for the grafting of two knitted fabrics using yarn and a needle in an end-to-end ("wale-to-wale") seam.
- knockoff noun A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
- LT noun Initialism of left twist.
- MC noun Initialism of main colour.
- narrow verb To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- pbf verb purl into back and front of same stitch
- popcorn verb To use the popcorn stitch.
- purl verb To use or create a purl stitch or stitches.
- rd noun Abbreviation of round.
- rem adj Remaining.
- rep verb Abbreviation of repeat.
- rib noun A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- RT noun Initialism of right twist.
- seed stitch noun A basic basketweave in which knit and purl stitches alternate in every column ("wale") and every row ("course"), i.e. every knit stitch is…
- self-striping adj Having a variegated colour, so as to produce stripes when used to knit small items such as socks or mittens.
- skip verb To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
- SL noun slip
- slipstitch noun a kind of stitch that is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted
- ssk verb slip, slip, knit
- steek noun The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.
- tink verb To unknit.
- unpick verb To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool.
- yarnover noun A technique in which the yarn is passed over the right-hand needle. In general, the new loop is knitted on the next row, either by itself…
- yo noun Abbreviation of yarnover.