knit stitch

knit stitch

noun

Definition of KNIT STITCH

: a basic knitting stitch usually made with the yarn at the back of the work by inserting the right needle into the front part of a loop on the left needle from the left side, catching the yarn with the point of the right needle, and bringing it through the first loop to form a new loop — compare purl stitch

First Known Use of KNIT STITCH

circa 1885

Rhymes with KNIT STITCH

backstitch, bewitch, Bowditch, chain stitch, cross-stitch, enrich, fast-pitch, fast-twitch, flame stitch, half hitch, hemstitch, jock itch, lockstitch, last-ditch, purl stitch, slow-pitch, slow-twitch, tent stitch, topstitch, unhitch, whipstitch, wild pitch