I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chain stitch
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
plain
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First choose a pattern that is the design you want and in plain stocking stitch .
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The evening cape illustrated in Figure 1 is straight piece of knitting, using 16 rows each of purl and plain stitches .
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You will find that you have cables between six plain stocking stitch strips.
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The squares of cable patterns can also be used attractively with squares of plain stocking stitch placed alternately.
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chain
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The leaves and stems are in simple chain stitch .
size
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Knit them at a stitch size as low as the machine will comfortably knit.
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If you use a ribbing attachment, again, knit at the lowest stitch size .
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Knit three to four rows on ribber bed only, increasing stitch size by two dots on each row.
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Knit the same number of rows as knitted on the ribber, increasing stitch size by two dots on each row.
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Both ribs were knitted at the same stitch size over the same number of needles.
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Set the lock to N.N and increase the stitch size .
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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.
slip
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Fig. 2 shows the same design used for Fig. 1, knitted in multicolour slip stitch .
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A range of very attractive effects can be achieved using slip stitch and changing colour less frequently.
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In the April issue, I explored the use of basic slip stitch designs for knitting fabrics.
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Even the simpler types, such as circular, or tubular, knitting is again a slip stitch .
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The finished effect is a knitted tube, the basis is a slip stitch technique.
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I imagine this is why the manual advises against using the double-length switch with tuck and slip stitch .
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Another variation of basic slip stitch uses tuck and slip on alternate rows.
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I have found it better to sue a tension setting one dot higher for the slip stitch part.
stocking
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Above we have a neat little cable pattern that is useful as a simple interruption of stocking stitch along a complete garment.
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Knit a hem in the usual way in stocking stitch ending with the carriage at the right.
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If a warm fabric is needed, it is usually better to use narrow stripes of stocking stitch separating bands of weaving.
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If you have the body of a sweater in cable strips you might leave the sleeves in stocking stitch .
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Knit two rows of stocking stitch between transfers.
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First choose a pattern that is the design you want and in plain stocking 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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You will find that you have cables between six plain stocking stitch strips.
tuck
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The first time I came across the problem I was knitting a tuck stitch sweater.
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You can also create a lovely effect by using tuck stitch with plating.
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Or you could try the simple tuck stitch pattern from the photographed card.
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Pattern No. 12-36 knitted as tuck stitch with the No. 3 switch on.
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It is possible to knit this stitch on Brother machines because there are two buttons for slip and tuck stitch.
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For a full needle tuck stitch garment then you can choose between a full needle rib or a 2x1 setting.
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It can be used for stocking stitch , tuck stitch or jacquard.
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There are some basic rules for tuck stitch .
■ VERB
cast
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Using an Aran weight yarn cast on about 60 stitches .
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Once you have cast off several stitches , move the weight, so that it is actually hanging on the cast off edge.
drop
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Tuck stitch has a tendency to drop stitches and the tuck brushes are there to prevent this.
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But I drop stitches , I find.
knit
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If you use a ribbing attachment, again, knit at the lowest stitch size.
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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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Next row: Knit the first two stitches of the row together.
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So how do you use these sections? Knit section one as stitch pattern A. Call stitch pattern B from the console.
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Now knit the next four stitches in the ordinary way.
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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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Knit together the first two stitches but only knit three stitches before you do the next knit two together.
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Cast off stitches 2,3,4, and 5. Knit stitch 6 by hand.
need
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Kelly needed five stitches in his head as a result and was kept in hospital for three days.
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He was badly shaken and needed nine stitches in a head injury.
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One of the youths slashed him across the nose and he needed eight stitches in the wound.
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Anthony Jones needed 100 stitches to his face, arm and leg.
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Work out how many buttonholes you need , allowing three stitches at each end of the band. 5.
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He was hospitalised and needed 28 stitches to a leg wound.
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Police said the severely-shocked horse suffered three deep wounds which needed stitches .
require
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He lost four pints of blood and required 17 stitches .
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His son required hundreds of stitches .
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He suffered a broken leg, a displaced ankle and lacerations to his head which required five stitches .
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Steve's left ear was half-severed and he required more than 250 stitches in a 5-hour operation.
transfer
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Now that punchcards exist it is quicker and less troublesome to let your lace carriage transfer the stitch for you.
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Again cast on in full needle rib then transfer the stitches according to the diagram.
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After knitting the welt, transfer all the stitches to the main bed.
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The lace carriage is going to transfer the selected stitches and the main carriage is going to knit them.
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Crossing chunky needles to transfer stitches just isn't possible.
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If you try to move the carriage too lightly or too quickly you might not transfer the stitches firmly enough.
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As before this simply tells you in which direction to move the lace carriage to transfer the selected stitches .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drop a stitch
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But I drop stitches, I find.
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Tuck stitch has a tendency to drop stitches and the tuck brushes are there to prevent this.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After jogging about a mile, I suddenly got a stitch in my side.
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Sandstrom needed 10 stitches to close a cut on his forehead.
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The seam of the shirt was straight and the stitches tight and regular.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After the last stitch of the row, bring the needle up through the stitch above.
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Most start with a welt and then change to the main stitch and there may even be some shaping to do.
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Picture by Brendan O'Sullivan Few of us get through childhood without a broken bone or a few stitches.
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She showed me how to cover the cloth with an embroidery stitch which finally created a small, neat, round button.
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The Toronto Sun reported that she received two stitches, but neither the Rangers nor the hospital would confirm that.
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This allowed four stitches between hedgehogs if they were knitted as a band or series of bands on a sweater.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Considering the arduous nature of their work, these require darning and stitching all too often.
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Finally I used five centimetres of narrow lace which I gathered and stitched around the neck to form a collar.
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Instead of stitching the bora along the horizontal, he had stitched it along the vertical.
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Nick's wounds were decoratively stitched.
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Repetitive tasks, whether sorting coupons, stitching fabric or entering data, wear most workers toward early retirement.