knitting
/ˈnɪtɪŋ/ noun B1- The action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material. · I find knitting very relaxing.
- Material that has been, or is being knitted. · She put down her knitting and went to answer the phone.
Plural knittings
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Rachel found abundant time to sit for hours at her kitchen window, knitting “cotton warp” quilts--she had knitted sixteen of them, as Avonlea housekeepers were wont to tell in awed voices--and keeping a sharp eye on the main road that crossed the hollow and wound up the steep red hill beyond.
Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, always slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously; and here she sat now, knitting, and the table behind her was laid for supper.
Lynde, who was sitting knitting by her kitchen window.
Lynde knitting quilts as industriously and cheerfully as usual.
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