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