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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stitch
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chain stitch
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
plain
▪ First choose a pattern that is the design you want and in plain stocking stitch.
▪ The evening cape illustrated in Figure 1 is straight piece of knitting, using 16 rows each of purl and plain stitches.
▪ You will find that you have cables between six plain stocking stitch strips.
▪ The squares of cable patterns can also be used attractively with squares of plain stocking stitch placed alternately.
■ NOUN
chain
▪ The leaves and stems are in simple chain stitch.
size
▪ Knit them at a stitch size as low as the machine will comfortably knit.
▪ If you use a ribbing attachment, again, knit at the lowest stitch size.
▪ Knit three to four rows on ribber bed only, increasing stitch size by two dots on each row.
▪ Knit the same number of rows as knitted on the ribber, increasing stitch size by two dots on each row.
▪ Both ribs were knitted at the same stitch size over the same number of needles.
▪ Set the lock to N.N and increase the stitch size.
▪ The hat can be knitted in almost any yarn which will knit at the given stitch size in half Fisherman's rib.
slip
▪ Fig. 2 shows the same design used for Fig. 1, knitted in multicolour slip stitch.
▪ A range of very attractive effects can be achieved using slip stitch and changing colour less frequently.
▪ In the April issue, I explored the use of basic slip stitch designs for knitting fabrics.
▪ Even the simpler types, such as circular, or tubular, knitting is again a slip stitch.
▪ The finished effect is a knitted tube, the basis is a slip stitch technique.
▪ I imagine this is why the manual advises against using the double-length switch with tuck and slip stitch.
▪ Another variation of basic slip stitch uses tuck and slip on alternate rows.
▪ I have found it better to sue a tension setting one dot higher for the slip stitch part.
stocking
▪ Above we have a neat little cable pattern that is useful as a simple interruption of stocking stitch along a complete garment.
▪ Knit a hem in the usual way in stocking stitch ending with the carriage at the right.
▪ If a warm fabric is needed, it is usually better to use narrow stripes of stocking stitch separating bands of weaving.
▪ If you have the body of a sweater in cable strips you might leave the sleeves in stocking stitch.
▪ Knit two rows of stocking stitch between transfers.
▪ First choose a pattern that is the design you want and in plain stocking stitch.
▪ Transfer alternate stitches and knit two rows of stocking stitch throughout, always transferring in the same direction.
▪ You will find that you have cables between six plain stocking stitch strips.
tuck
▪ The first time I came across the problem I was knitting a tuck stitch sweater.
▪ You can also create a lovely effect by using tuck stitch with plating.
▪ Or you could try the simple tuck stitch pattern from the photographed card.
▪ Pattern No. 12-36 knitted as tuck stitch with the No. 3 switch on.
▪ It is possible to knit this stitch on Brother machines because there are two buttons for slip and tuck stitch.
▪ For a full needle tuck stitch garment then you can choose between a full needle rib or a 2x1 setting.
▪ It can be used for stocking stitch, tuck stitch or jacquard.
▪ There are some basic rules for tuck stitch.
■ VERB
cast
▪ Using an Aran weight yarn cast on about 60 stitches.
▪ Once you have cast off several stitches, move the weight, so that it is actually hanging on the cast off edge.
drop
▪ Tuck stitch has a tendency to drop stitches and the tuck brushes are there to prevent this.
▪ But I drop stitches, I find.
knit
▪ If you use a ribbing attachment, again, knit at the lowest stitch size.
▪ In this situation I knit the joining rows by hand, making sure on the final row to knit using large stitches.
▪ Next row: Knit the first two stitches of the row together.
▪ So how do you use these sections? Knit section one as stitch pattern A. Call stitch pattern B from the console.
▪ Now knit the next four stitches in the ordinary way.
▪ By medium thickness, I mean a yarn that knits stocking stitch at tension four to six on your machine.
▪ Knit together the first two stitches but only knit three stitches before you do the next knit two together.
▪ Cast off stitches 2,3,4, and 5. Knit stitch 6 by hand.
need
▪ Kelly needed five stitches in his head as a result and was kept in hospital for three days.
▪ He was badly shaken and needed nine stitches in a head injury.
▪ One of the youths slashed him across the nose and he needed eight stitches in the wound.
▪ Anthony Jones needed 100 stitches to his face, arm and leg.
▪ Work out how many buttonholes you need, allowing three stitches at each end of the band. 5.
▪ He was hospitalised and needed 28 stitches to a leg wound.
▪ Police said the severely-shocked horse suffered three deep wounds which needed stitches.
require
▪ He lost four pints of blood and required 17 stitches.
▪ His son required hundreds of stitches.
▪ He suffered a broken leg, a displaced ankle and lacerations to his head which required five stitches.
▪ Steve's left ear was half-severed and he required more than 250 stitches in a 5-hour operation.
transfer
▪ Now that punchcards exist it is quicker and less troublesome to let your lace carriage transfer the stitch for you.
▪ Again cast on in full needle rib then transfer the stitches according to the diagram.
▪ After knitting the welt, transfer all the stitches to the main bed.
▪ The lace carriage is going to transfer the selected stitches and the main carriage is going to knit them.
▪ Crossing chunky needles to transfer stitches just isn't possible.
▪ If you try to move the carriage too lightly or too quickly you might not transfer the stitches firmly enough.
▪ As before this simply tells you in which direction to move the lace carriage to transfer the selected stitches.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drop a stitch
▪ But I drop stitches, I find.
▪ Tuck stitch has a tendency to drop stitches and the tuck brushes are there to prevent this.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ After jogging about a mile, I suddenly got a stitch in my side.
▪ Sandstrom needed 10 stitches to close a cut on his forehead.
▪ The seam of the shirt was straight and the stitches tight and regular.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After the last stitch of the row, bring the needle up through the stitch above.
▪ Most start with a welt and then change to the main stitch and there may even be some shaping to do.
▪ Picture by Brendan O'Sullivan Few of us get through childhood without a broken bone or a few stitches.
▪ She showed me how to cover the cloth with an embroidery stitch which finally created a small, neat, round button.
▪ The Toronto Sun reported that she received two stitches, but neither the Rangers nor the hospital would confirm that.
▪ This allowed four stitches between hedgehogs if they were knitted as a band or series of bands on a sweater.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Considering the arduous nature of their work, these require darning and stitching all too often.
▪ Finally I used five centimetres of narrow lace which I gathered and stitched around the neck to form a collar.
▪ Instead of stitching the bora along the horizontal, he had stitched it along the vertical.
▪ Nick's wounds were decoratively stitched.
▪ Repetitive tasks, whether sorting coupons, stitching fabric or entering data, wear most workers toward early retirement.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stitch

Stitch \Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.]

  1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

  2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.

  3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.

    You have gone a good stitch.
    --Bunyan.

    In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows.
    --Holland.

  4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.

    He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
    --Bp. Burnet.

  5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.]

    If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
    --Marston.

  6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]

  7. A furrow.
    --Chapman.

  8. An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.

    Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary.

    Pearl stitch, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.

Stitch

Stitch \Stitch\, v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework.

Stitch

Stitch \Stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stitching.]

  1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.

  2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.

  3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges.

    To stitch up, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stitch

Old English stice "a prick, puncture, sting, stab," from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (cognates: Old Frisian steke, Old High German stih, German Stich "a pricking, prick, sting, stab"), from PIE *stig-i-, from root *steig- "to stick; pointed" (see stick (v.)). The sense of "sudden, stabbing pain in the side" was in late Old English.\n

\nSenses in sewing and shoemaking first recorded late 13c.; meaning "bit of clothing one is (or isn't) wearing" is from c.1500. Meaning "a stroke of work" (of any kind) is attested from 1580s. Surgical sense first recorded 1520s. Sense of "amusing person or thing" is 1968, from notion of laughing so much one gets stitches of pain (cognates: verbal expression to have (someone) in stitches, 1935).

stitch

c.1200, "to stab, pierce," also "to fasten or adorn with stitches;" see stitch (n.). Surgical sense is from 1570s. Related: Stitched; stitcher; stitching.

Wiktionary
stitch

Etymology 1 n. 1 A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. 2 An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style. 3 (context sports English) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise. 4 A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn 5 An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style. 6 A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle. 7 Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. 8 A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle. 9 (context obsolete English) A contortion, or twist. 10 (context colloquial English) Any least part of a fabric or dress. 11 A furrow. Etymology 2

vb. 1 To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches. 2 To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.

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WordNet
stitch

  1. n. sewing consisting of a link or loop or knot made by drawing a threaded needle through a fabric

  2. a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running

  3. v. fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew, run up, sew together]

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Wikipedia
Stitch (textile arts)

In the textile arts, a stitch is a single turn or loop of thread, or yarn. Stitches are the fundamental elements of sewing, knitting, embroidery, crochet, and needle lace-making, whether by hand or machine. A variety of stitches, each with one or more names, are used for specific purposes.

Stitch

Stitch or Stitches may refer to:

  • Stitch (textile arts), a single loop of thread or yarn in the textile arts:
    • Backstitch, in which individual stitches are made backward to the general direction of sewing. Variants include stem stitch, outline stitch and split stitch.
    • Blanket stitch, used to reinforce the edge of thick materials
    • Cable knitting is a style of knitting in which the order of stitches is permuted
    • Chain stitch in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern
    • Cross-stitch
    • Embroidery stitch
    • Garter stitch, the most basic form of welting
    • Lockstitch
  • Stitch, a common term for surgical suture, a method of medical care to close wounds
  • Stitch, a common term for side stitch, an intense stabbing pain during exercise
Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)

Stitch (also known by his species name and birth name Experiment 626, pronounced "six-two-six") is a fictional character and the main protagonist in Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise. He is one of the franchise's two title characters, alongside Lilo Pelekai. The character was created by Lilo & Stitch co-writer and co-director, Chris Sanders, who also voices him in almost all media that he appears in.

In the franchise's chronology, he was originally created by Dr. Jumba Jookiba to cause chaos across the galaxy. Stitch is marked by his mischievous behavior, which endeared him to his friend Lilo Pelekai, who adopted him as her " dog". Through Lilo's beliefs in the Hawaiian concept of ohana, meaning family, Stitch developed from an uncaring, destructive being to a loving, more self-conscious creature who enjoys the company of his adoptive family on Earth. He became a firm believer of the ohana concept, and with the help of Lilo applied it to reform Jumba's 625 prior experiments, nearly all of whom Stitch treats as his " cousins".

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Usage examples of "stitch".

The plastic aerator valves, surgically stitched in his chest, pulled and twisted and seemed to tear with each lurch of his body.

That dark, wire-haired woman Kumul had found to measure up Ager and then sew and stitch the blue jerkin and pants was a miracle worker.

Without the interfering strands hanging in her eyes she was better able to see to her task and her fingers moved with agile speed and efficiency even though the blood continued to ooze, though with much less frequency as the wound was stitched closed.

At last they were fortunate enough to catch the southeast trade, but it was so languid at first that the ship barely moved through the water, though they set every stitch, and studding sails alow and aloft, till really she was acres of canvas.

He opened and cleaned the wounds with something that felt like a wire brush, stitched them up neatly, covered them all with aluminium foil and bandage, fed me a variety of pills then, for good measure, jabbed me a couple of times with a hypodermic syringe.

The black armazine gown, equipped with long, tight sleeves that would have been considered screamingly out of mode at Court, was bordered at the collar, cuffs, and hem with wide bands of black ducape stitched with winged crescents in silver.

Panting, holding his side where a painful stitch burned with each breath, Batman stumbled onto the flat surface of one of the rocks.

She was stitching with apparent calm when the door opened and Raf and Beyke came in.

She rummaged in a box that sat on a nearby table and produced a booklike tablet of parchment sheets stitched together.

Misseltoe, bruised and strained into oyle and drunken, hath presently and forthwith rid a grievous and sore stitch.

Stone asked Monday morning as Burch walked into the office, a Band-Aid over the stitches in his head.

Buttonhole edging with darned centre, centre filled with strands of wool caught down at intervals with double back stitch.

The shamrock leaf has a darned contour of double threads, the filling was in stem stitch, solid, with bars of a darker colour worked across it.

The two small petals filled solid with stem stitch, three rows of which are used for outlining the long petal, the centre being filled with rings in buttonhole stitch and darned background.

Contour in stem stitch, filled in lightly with buttonhole stitch, and darning and long-and-short stitch.