How to Use knitting in a Sentence

knitting

noun
  • She keeps her knitting in the closet.
  • While some take up baking or even knitting, these two took up boxing.
    azcentral, 26 Mar. 2018
  • But there were a lot of group gatherings of guilds and spinning or knitting circles.
    Jinnie Lee, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2017
  • With each Games, both the sweater and its knitting pattern are available for sale to the public.
    Richard Martyn-Hemphill, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Milwaukee received high points for playing card games, cooking and knitting and needlework.
    Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Koskinin estimates that out of 102 Finnish athletes at the Games, half are knitting.
    Laken Litman, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The first 45 minutes of the program will be devoted to knitting and crocheting.
    Houston Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Golden yolk from the fried egg oozes down and brings everything together, with that brisket-fatty mayonnaise knitting up any loose ends.
    Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Members come in various ages and knitting/crocheting talent and the shawls vary in size, color, shape, weight and adornment.
    Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Open-hole texture on the rest of the knitting on the kit are also plotted against footballers' heat sweat maps for optimal breathability.
    SI.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Thanks to the knitting process, the jacket is constructed from just a couple large pieces of fabric, with very few material scraps left behind.
    Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Additionally, each shop has a special knitting pattern and a special crochet pattern keyed to the Crawl's theme.
    Mary Mooney, OregonLive.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • In many countries a national ski team’s woolen sweater design would not be a major issue, but Norwegians take their knitting seriously.
    Richard Martyn-Hemphill, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Doris enjoyed knitting, crocheting, gardening and crossword puzzles.
    Hartford Courant, courant.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Amenities The Bullitt offers a calendar that includes events like knitting classes, literary readings and running-club jaunts.
    New York Times, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Put down the knitting, the book and the broom as cabaret has come back, too.
    New York Times, 17 June 2021
  • These shows are as safe as a knitting show or a coin show.
    Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2018
  • As the knitting takes shape, layers of stones are added and tamped down.
    The Economist, 8 May 2021
  • The shelves are filled mostly with books on sewing and knitting.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The store sells tools needed for knitting, like yarn, and hosts events to learn how to knit.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Smith was on her way home, where the knitting was waiting.
    Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Stick to your knitting, and let others do the hand-wringing.
    Alan Rusbridger, Quartz at Work, 3 Feb. 2020
  • This is what they were made for: Ceremonies, births, and knitting to pass the time in between.
    refinery29.com, 20 June 2018
  • Tomas in his tight midnight-black sweater, skin peeking through the knitting.
    Vulture, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Classes were held in the back; a wide array of yarn was for sale, as were tools for knitting and crochet.
    Rachel Felder, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020
  • About 15 years ago, I was invited to join a knitting group.
    Jane E. Brody, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Not only is the brand a great for resource knitting projects of all levels (sweaters!
    Talia Abbas, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The promise: Space-age knitting that would make grandma’s jaw drop.
    Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The knitting pattern is similar, the neckline is almost identical, and the sleeves are even ribbed.
    Clint Davis, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
  • Finding a yarn amenable to both weaving and knitting machinery proved a challenge, as the tension needed to produce flat, smooth wovens and fluffy knits is not the same, and yarns can easily break, Mulier says.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 15 June 2024

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