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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
knit
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knitting needle
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
closely
▪ It became even more individualistic and displayed few signs of the closely knit and hierarchically organized structure of the previous era.
▪ Her husband, she says, comes from a very closely knit family and so she continues to feel uneasy.
▪ She had married a large, closely knit family.
▪ There can be no question that the family of J.M. Barrie was closely knit.
▪ Not far from the railway line lived a closely knit family, Mr and Mrs Gorman and their only daughter, Marion.
▪ How closely knit are pollinating animals and plants in rain forest?
▪ In the closely knit ranks of the Sussex gentry such a royal action could only further enhance growing doubts of Stuart intentions.
then
▪ You then knit two rows, and cast off using the linker.
▪ Basically you can set up your machine for making pleats and then knit in double jacquard.
▪ Pick up the second edge of the band keeping the stitches in the hooks again, then knit them through. 11.
▪ After doing a preliminary design, you would think about it, modify it and then knit it.
tightly
▪ Hartmann's style is utterly consistent, the formal plans are tightly knit, the tone of voice is quickly identifiable.
▪ He had become a key player in the New York real-estate game community, which is both tightly knit and secretive.
▪ In this tightly knit situation there can be no escape and what upsets one will eventually cause chaos among all.
▪ However, it is not in reality a homogeneous, tightly knit electronic world community.
together
▪ Not at all unlike the Gaian idea of global interdependence, environment and organisms knit together as one.
▪ Within each paragraph consider the various sentences and whether they each knit together logically.
■ NOUN
bed
▪ For this one, every needle on the main bed knits, but only every third or fourth on the ribber.
▪ Select needles on both beds and knit the zigzag cast on row.
▪ So the sequence after inserting the comb is: Row 2 - Ribber tucks, main bed knits.
▪ One bed slips while the opposite bed knits and viceversa.
▪ Row 4 - Ribber slips, main bed knits.
▪ Here, one bed knits while the opposite one tucks and viceversa.
▪ Knit three rows, * push up needles marked X on the back bed, knit one row.
▪ This is simply because the second, or front, bed makes knit and purl knitting possible within the same row.
carriage
▪ Set the back carriage to knit and knit four rows.
▪ That is all it does, once the stitches have been transferred, the main carriage will knit the row.
▪ Nothing will happen, since you haven't yet selected any needles and this carriage can not knit.
▪ In the lower position the carriage knits, in the upper position it tucks or slips.
▪ In one direction the carriage will knit, while in the other the needles will make the tucking movement.
▪ The carriage will knit, bringing the needles back to B position as it does so.
▪ Always put the hook in on the carriage side, knit the row and then put in the other hook.
▪ Finally, set both carriages to knit and using tension 2, knit the rib.
community
▪ However, it is not in reality a homogeneous, tightly knit electronic world community.
machine
▪ Knit them at a stitch size as low as the machine will comfortably knit.
▪ While this is a useful image, it isn't of course how the machine knits.
▪ All this becomes obvious once you have set up the machine to knit lace.
▪ Talking about weights, I was taught always to use the minimum number of weights which enable the machine to knit correctly.
▪ But how will the machine and controller knit this?
▪ On all machines, knit one row across.
▪ On some weird machine she started to knit, Jumpers and frocks which were quite a good fit.
needle
▪ Hold this end of the yarn lightly to stop it jumping off the needles and knit a row.
▪ Now knit back towards the right and all the needles will knit back to B, working position.
▪ As you knit, the edge needles will knit back every two rows.
▪ To make the needles knit, the carriage must be set as for stocking stitch.
▪ So, I bring all the remaining needles forward to knit the background colour.
▪ It's the needles that knit the cotton thread only that give the lacy effect.
▪ Remember what a slip stitch is, it is where the patterning needle does not knit.
pattern
▪ Knit one row then continue to knit in pattern as desired.
▪ You can't knit such complex patterns this way, but you're not limited to 24 stitches.
position
▪ Put the empty needles in non-working position and knit on.
▪ In the lower position the carriage knits, in the upper position it tucks or slips.
▪ To ease working the next row, bring the six cable needles to E position and knit ten rows.
▪ Bring up two more needles, one each side of each group in working position, knit two rows and so on.
▪ The stitches in B position will knit and those in E position will remain under the carriage.
row
▪ End with a four row knit section, and cast off.
▪ To knit a single diamond, weave two rows, knit two rows without weaving.
▪ The rectangles drawn around the row numbers indicate the rows on which you knit with the background colour.
▪ In this situation I knit the joining rows by hand, making sure on the final row to knit using large stitches.
▪ When you have finished row 1, move the piece of paper down to reveal row 2 and knit accordingly.
▪ Knit one row then continue to knit in pattern as desired.
▪ If that still comes out too thick, weave for one row, knit two rows and so on.
stitch
▪ Transfer alternate stitches and knit two rows of stocking stitch throughout, always transferring in the same direction.
▪ Put the side levers to O, conveying the message that you now want all the stitches to knit.
▪ You will find that the stitches do not knit cleanly off and you will get patches of bad knitting.
▪ Knit together the first two stitches but only knit three stitches before you do the next knit two together.
▪ Cast on, transfer edge stitches and knit a few rows.
yarn
▪ By medium thickness, I mean a yarn that knits stocking stitch at tension four to six on your machine.
▪ Thread with waste yarn and knit 4 rows on the main bed only.
▪ If it doesn't, the motif yarn may knit into the background.
▪ The hat can be knitted in almost any yarn which will knit at the given stitch size in half Fisherman's rib.
▪ Cast on over this number, in waste yarn and knit about 10 rows.
▪ Using yarn from bobbin, knit back by hand through each back bed needle.
■ VERB
set
▪ Finally, set both carriages to knit and using tension 2, knit the rib.
▪ This carriage can be set to knit alternate needles on the ribber.
▪ The controls are set to knit alternate stitches on every row.
▪ Knit several rows with both carriages set to knit.
▪ Leave the front carriages set to knit and knit slowly from right to left.
want
▪ Now you want to knit a garment in an all-over four-colour design.
▪ Suppose we want to knit a circle as part of the pattern.
▪ This m arks when you actually want to knit the new colour.
▪ They advise that if you want to knit lace you buy the lace carriage with the machine.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stick to the/your knitting
▪ They want me to help make their lives trouble free so that they can stick to their knitting.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Knit

Knit \Knit\ (n[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knit or Knitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knitting.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn[=y]ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See Knot.]

  1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

    A great sheet knit at the four corners.
    --Acts x. 11.

    When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows.
    --Shak.

  2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.

  3. To join; to cause to grow together.

    Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge.
    --Wiseman.

  4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.

    Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit.
    --Shak.

    Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round.
    --Milton (Comus).

    A link among the days, toknit The generations each to each.
    --Tennyson.

  5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

    He knits his brow and shows an angry eye.
    --Shak.

Knit

Knit \Knit\, v. i.

  1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.

  2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.

    To knit up, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close. ``It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and compass of the seas.'' [Obs.]
    --Holland.

Knit

Knit \Knit\, n. Union knitting; texture.
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
knit

Old English cnyttan "to tie with a knot, bind, fasten," related to Old Norse knytja "bind together," Middle Low German knütten "to tie, knot," Old English cnotta "a knot," from Proto-Germanic *knuttjan, from stem *knutt-. Of brows, late 14c. Meaning "to do knitting" (especially plain stitch) is from 1520s. Related: Knitted; knitting.

Wiktionary
knit

vb. 1 (context transitive English) and (context intransitive English) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine. 2 (context figuratively transitive English) To join closely and firmly together. 3 (context intransitive English) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted. 4 (context intransitive English) To grow together. 5 (context transitive English) To combine from various elements. 6 (context intransitive English) To heal (of bones) following a fracture. 7 (context transitive English) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. 8 To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

WordNet
knit
  1. n. a fabric made by knitting [syn: knitted fabric]

  2. a basic knitting stitch [syn: knit stitch, plain, plain stitch]

  3. needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine [syn: knitting, knitwork]

  4. [also: knitting, knitted]

knit
  1. v. make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf"

  2. tie or link together [syn: entwine]

  3. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple]

  4. [also: knitting, knitted]

Wikipedia
KNIT

KNIT may refer to:

  • KKHI (FM), a radio station (102.3 FM) licensed to serve Kaunakakai, Hawaii, United States, which held the call sign KNIT from 2015 to 2016
  • KMKK-FM, a defunct radio station (105.5 FM) formerly licensed to serve Tecopa, California, United States, which held the call sign KNIT from 2014 to 2015
  • KOWH (FM), a radio station (90.1 FM) licensed to serve Humboldt, Nebraska, United States, which held the call sign KNIT from 2012 to 2014
  • KBXD, a radio station (1480 AM) licensed to serve Dallas, Texas, United States, which held the call sign KNIT from 2005 to 2012

Usage examples of "knit".

Spasming, Acies moaned in pain as broken bones knit themselves together and bruises faded.

Just as she was serving them, lo and behold, over the threshold came their neighbor AH Aga with his stocking and knitting needles and with the green bag given him by Renio slung around his shoulders.

Then there was a small library of other books, including a medical lexicon published in London and an almanac beginning at the year 1731, the Holy Bible, ink, pens and writing paper, a box of watercolours and brushes, reams of fine-quality drawing paper, knitting needles and wool, a roll of soft tanned leather from which to make the uppers for footwear- the soles would be cut from buffalo rawhide.

Sumeko Karistovan, Chilares Arman and Famelle Juarde had been in the Knitting Circle with Reanne Corly.

She replaced the receiver, picked up her capacious knitting bag, gave her hat brim a final pat in front of the mirror, and swung the wooden shed door to without noticing Asey standing outside.

Sorrow closes the lot of such aweless, unbridled madness: stability is for the calmly reverent life, knitting whole houses in sweet domestic harmony.

Delilah, poking through a pile of flesh-colored knitted vests, gave it as her opinion that her benefactress had dealt the odious Miss Choice-Pickerell a crushing blow.

Theodore de Beze was anxious to introduce a taste for the arts, for literature, and for poesy into Geneva, and Calvin listened to his plans without knitting his thick gray eyebrows.

They sat down by the fire and took up their knitting while the bookseller ran out to see if the volume had by any chance returned to his shelves.

Jewett had opened the front of her bouclé knitted dress-rather too warm for the weather-and was fanning her bosom.

Foye, in her buxom cheeriness, was drawn to give some of it forth to the uncouth-looking, companionless girl, and not only began a chat with her, after the momentary stir in the street was over, and she had settled herself upon her stool, and leaning her back against a tree, set vigorously to work again at knitting a stout blue yarn stocking, but also treated Bubby and Baby to some bits of her sweet merchandise, and told them about the bears and the monkeys that had gone by, shut up in the gay, red-and-yellow-painted wagons.

The elder Verne looked up at his son, bushy eyebrows knit in puzzlement, though Jules knew he was aware of the situation.

He frowned sourly, his bushy white eye brows knit together pensively, when he closed the watchcase and slipped it back in his pocket.

One morning she came to me as I was in bed and brought me a pair of white stockings of her own knitting.

Practice is canceled because Chugger, the drummer, has to work late at his day job knitting baby booties.