What is "fashioning needle"

Fashion \Fash"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fashioning.] [Cf. F. faconner.]

1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.

   Here the loud hammer fashions female toys.
   --Gay.

   Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age.
   --Cowper.

2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.

   Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people.
   --Spenser.

3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.

   Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
   --Locke.

4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.]
   --Shak.

   Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.

n. A needle in a knitting machine that is used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shape it.