Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who knits.
  • noun A knitting-machine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who, or a machine that knits, ties or knots.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread

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Examples

  • The best part about doing this here with an experienced knitter is that she can fix all my mistakes as I go along - yeah, Cathi!

    Knitting - if you can call it that katelnorth 2008

  • Even though the knitter is only working on one object, it already was quite helpful for me.

    2006 February « Compulsive Knitter 2006

  • Even though the knitter is only working on one object, it already was quite helpful for me.

    2006 February 10 « Compulsive Knitter 2006

  • Even though the knitter is only working on one object, it already was quite helpful for me.

    I *heart* comments and progress report, day one. « Compulsive Knitter 2006

  • The knitter is not so good with these kinds of yarn.

    Back from vacation 2005

  • The knitter is not so good with these kinds of yarn.

    August 2005 2005

  • In the latter case, all the sprouts nod inwards towards the centre – that is, the knitter has to change their direction in mid-row.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Jean 2009

  • Addi Turbo Lace Circular Needles being described as a knitter-athlete being told that I have fabulous skin incremental progress at work my amazing asthma doc (repeat; il y a de quoi) public transportation getting myself to the gym instead of ruminating over a mistake …

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • Addi Turbo Lace Circular Needles being described as a knitter-athlete being told that I have fabulous skin incremental progress at work my amazing asthma doc (repeat; il y a de quoi) public transportation getting myself to the gym instead of ruminating over a mistake …

    Felix et errabunda XXXV 2009

  • At knit's end; meditations for women who knit too much/Stephanie Pearl-McPhee--The tangled life of the knitter is the subject of inspired nuttiness in these 300 tongue-in-cheek meditations from the self-proclaimed yarn harlot.

    12/8: New at the library this week 2005

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