Knitting. transitive. To knit (an article) using purl stitch (purl, n.1 5); to knit (a purl stitch).

transitive. Knitting. To knit (a number of stitches, a row, etc.,) in rib stitch, by alternating knit stitches with purl stitches. Also intransitive…

To make the initial loops or stitches on the wires in knitting. Cf. 58.

(See quot. 1957.)

Knitting. (See quots.)

transitive. Knitting and Lacemaking. To shape (a curved part of a garment, esp. a heel of hosiery).

transitive. To furnish with a toe or toes; to make or put a new toe on (a stocking, etc.): cf. heel, v.3 4; also with off, to complete (a sock, etc.)…

transitive. In warp knitting: to cause (a stitch) to pass over the head of the needle on which it was held.

Knitting. To take the work off the wires, closing the loops and forming a selvedge. Cf. 58.

Machine knitting. To secure (a loop) on the closed beard of a needle.

transitive and intransitive. In the instructions of a knitting or sewing pattern: to repeat (a row, stitch, or sequence of stitches).

transitive. To knit with a raschel machine (see raschel, n.).