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# knitting

«knitting» in Mova's school dictionary: **making clothes or other things from wool or yarn by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (knitting — uncountable); verb form (-ing of knit: knit, knits, knitted or knit, knitting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Knitting is making clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knitting/#m1)

2) Knitting is also the thing being knitted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knitting/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and crafts, people knit jumpers, scarves, hats and blankets; children may learn finger knitting or knitting with large needles at school or with grandparents. It needs patience and counting rows and stitches, which links to maths patterns. Phrases: do some knitting, knitting needles, a knitting pattern, knitting club.

### examples

- Grandma was knitting a scarf for me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knitting/#x1)
- I learned knitting at after-school club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knitting/#x2)
- She put her knitting down to answer the phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knitting/#x3)
- Knitting needles are long and pointed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knitting/#x4)
- Follow the knitting pattern and count your stitches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knitting/#x5)
- Finger knitting is a good way to start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knitting/#x6)

### note

Silent k: say «nitting». Double t: knit, knitting, knitted. Do not confuse with «nit» (a louse egg in hair) or «neat». Knitting uses two needles; crochet uses one hook.

### In the corpora

- [People of all ages knit; the British Olympic diver Tom Daley was filmed knitting between events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/11/)
- [Knitting and sewing needles are kept in a pincushion and counted back, so none are left to prick people or pets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/15/)
- [Liking a quiet hobby like knitting, reading or drawing does not make anyone weird or weak.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «knitting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knitting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.