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  • noun Plural form of stitch.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stitch.

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Examples

  • -- You begin this by a row of net stitches worked from right to left, or as the engraving shows, by a row of stitches called «seed stitches».

    Encyclopedia of Needlework Th��r��se de Dillmont 1868

  • If I were working some other increase, say, a lifted increase, I would say, just do an * increase, work 6 stitches, increase, work 7 stitches* repeat, and it should even out.

    Math4Knitters 2008

  • The book that had my mother-in-law in stitches is A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell.

    Happy New Reading! ____Maggie 2005

  • The book that had my mother-in-law in stitches is A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell.

    Archive 2005-12-01 ____Maggie 2005

  • The instructions say to pick up those stitches from the end of the original edging, and just start knitting along the top.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jean 2009

  • The instructions say to pick up those stitches from the end of the original edging, and just start knitting along the top.

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • Thompson is such a wry, friendly presence that his every utterance draws a chuckle from the faithful (most of the time a deserved one, though sometimes he'll say "thanks" and they'll still be in stitches).

    Michael Giltz: Music: Richard Thompson at Town Hall Michael Giltz 2010

  • One witness told me that Hamady Ndiaye had his teammates in stitches as he decided to bring back one of my personal favorites from the movie, "Coming to America."

    John Wall, Wizards rookies "don't want no scrubs" Michael Lee 2010

  • Thompson is such a wry, friendly presence that his every utterance draws a chuckle from the faithful (most of the time a deserved one, though sometimes he'll say "thanks" and they'll still be in stitches).

    Michael Giltz: Music: Richard Thompson at Town Hall Michael Giltz 2010

  • At first I thought this was a straight up comedy and it had me in stitches and then I felt bad for her with the gulf it created between her and other people but then you ended it so wonderfully, it was just nice. abhi Says:

    BECOMING • by A P Charman 2009

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