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Noun: knitting  ni-ting
  1. Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
    - knit, knitwork
     
  2. Creating knitted wear
Verb: knit (knitted,knitting)  nit
  1. (handicraft) make (textiles) by knitting
    "knit a scarf"
     
  2. Tie or link together
    - entwine, intwine [archaic]
     
  3. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds
    "She knitted her lips";
    - pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple

Derived forms: knittings

Type of: conjoin [formal], crease [archaic], create from raw material, create from raw stuff, crinkle [archaic], crisp [archaic], handicraft, join, needlecraft, needlework, ruckle [archaic], scrunch [archaic], scrunch up [archaic], wrinkle [archaic]

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