KNITTING STITCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knitting stitch mean? 

• KNITTING STITCH (noun)
  The noun KNITTING STITCH has 1 sense:

1. a stitch taken in knitting

  Familiarity information: KNITTING STITCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNITTING STITCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stitch taken in knitting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("knitting stitch" is a kind of...):

stitch (a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "knitting stitch"):

garter stitch (a knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling one side))

knit; knit stitch; plain; plain stitch (a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side)

purl; purl stitch (a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stich from the righthand side)

stockinette stitch (knitting stitch having alternate rows of knit stitches and purl stitches, producing a fabric as for stockings)