Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pick up stitches

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
pick- up stitch-es
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To add stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac.

noun

Stitches that were added to the row, during knitting.

Inflected Forms

picks up stitches (present, singular) picking up stitches (participle, present) picked up stitches (participle, past) picked up stitches (past)

Questions

What does pick up stitches mean?
To add stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac.

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