knitting needle

:  the action or method of one that knits

:  work done or being done by one that knits

:  a small slender usually steel instrument that has an eye for thread or surgical sutures at one end and that is used for sewing

:  any of various devices for carrying thread and making stitches (as in crocheting or knitting)

:  a slender hollow instrument for introducing material into or removing material from the body (as by insertion under the skin)

:  to sew or pierce with or as if with a needle

:  tease, torment

:  to incite to action by repeated gibes