noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knitting needle
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
double
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Liz Norton Both the YC-5 and YC-6 can be used for double bed knitting .
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All those years of possible double jacquard knitting missed, because I thought it would be too difficult!
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Now we start to look at the same stitch types again, but this time used as a double bed knitting techniques.
plain
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Start at base of face. 2 Knit three rows of plain knitting .
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Once you have completed a few rows of plain knitting , you can prepare to start.
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Continue in plain knitting with dark colour.
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When this happens, knit four rows of plain knitting .
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Knit a few rows of plain knitting and prepare to try Card No. 18.
■ NOUN
club
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We have just started a knitting club in Snaith which we call Knit and Nag.
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With six machines it is an entertaining and educational experience for singletons, pairs or knitting club groups.
hand
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The only patterns available were for hand knitting and no one had mentioned mock rib or using waste yarn.
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Experience of hand knitting is a help here.
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However, there is no mention of hand knitting needles these days!
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I was well into hand knitting then.
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Chunky Leaflets Spectrum are now publishing hand knitting pattern leaflets.
machine
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Mrs Massey has a wide selection of machines and is very involved with machine knitting in Nottingham.
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Everything about it has helped me to grapple with the intricacies of machine knitting in this, my second year.
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Some folk use machine knitting because they can not, or do not wish to, hand knit.
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Visitors and holidaymakers who suffer from machine knitting withdrawal symptoms are welcome at the meetings!
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In the early years they manufactured and supplied both hand and machine knitting yarns in natural fibres, principally wool and mohair.
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Jewel and Esk Valley College has a variety of machine knitting courses which begin in August, so hurry to enrol.
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Most hobbies cost some money, some a great deal, why not occupy time with machine knitting ?
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Static electricity of this intensity is unbearable and I suffered from it before I began machine knitting .
needle
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They had a steel knitting needle .
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A knitting needle , in this day and age!
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Cornelius observed that these corresponded in size to the diameter of a number thirteen knitting needle .
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Mr Davidson was battered to death while his daughter's eye was pierced with a knitting needle .
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Out of it she drew a little distaff, much as we would draw out a pair of knitting needles .
pattern
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It starts pattern knitting at the first point cam.
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However, I have not found this method so good with pattern knitting .
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However choosing the best position for the N1 cam applies to all types of pattern knitting .
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The same is true of almost all pattern knitting , from the most heavily textured designs to really delicate lace.
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Finally, the rib transfer carriage can be used for pattern knitting , for knitting what is known as shadow lace.
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A colour changer will appeal to anyone who likes to use a lot of colour or different yarn textures when pattern knitting .
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As with any pattern knitting , you must use the claw weights at the edges of the knitting.
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The point cams mark the limits of the pattern knitting .
■ VERB
continue
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Pull the ends of the yarn down between the beds and continue knitting .
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Transfer the stitch from needle 1 to needle 2 and continue knitting .
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Rows 56-120 cream, or other pastel colour. Continue in plain knitting with dark colour.
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I continued knitting until I had about twenty centimetres, eight inches, and removed the stitches from the machine.
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Rows 31-120 white in feeder 1 and dark colour in feeder 2. Continue in plain knitting with dark colour.
start
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It starts pattern knitting at the first point cam.
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The pattern in memorised electronically when you start knitting .
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Usually it brings fine weather and it starts the new knitting year.
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We have just started a knitting club in Snaith which we call Knit and Nag.
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Normally on these machines, we start knitting from the right and patterns are worked out accordingly.
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However, next month we will actually start knitting .
use
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Liz Norton Both the YC-5 and YC-6 can be used for double bed knitting .
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Some folk use machine knitting because they can not, or do not wish to, hand knit.
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If you have the YC5 model, as we saw last month, it can be used for single bed knitting .
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Finally, the rib transfer carriage can be used for pattern knitting , for knitting what is known as shadow lace.
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This option can be used to draw any design, but should not necessarily be used for the knitting .
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.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Penny sat down with her knitting .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But once she was alone with her knitting depression crept up on Leonora like an incoming tide.
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Don't measure the edge of your knitting as this is inaccurate.
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Having hit a bad patch, financially, I decided I must try for some paid work with my knitting machine.
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However, there is no mention of hand knitting needles these days!
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So again if you're unfamiliar with this yarn and needle arrangement, start by knitting stripes in full needle rib.
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This came quite naturally, I hadn't even thought about the gender of a knitting machine.
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Try knitting each variation in the same design.
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We sorted out the knitting next morning.