How to Use knitting in a Sentence

knitting

noun
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  • She keeps her knitting in the closet.
  • Put down the knitting, the book and the broom as cabaret has come back, too.
    — New York Times, 17 June 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • For now, that means quiet days at home, knitting and reading.
    — Adam Galler, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Knits and purls, inverse stitches of one another, are the 0’s and 1’s of knitting.
    — Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Through the process of 3D knitting, the brand is able to create their products with little-to-no waste, the company claims.
    — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Guests are welcome to bring their knitting or crochet projects.
    — courant.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Small things like baking bread and knitting became a source of comfort.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The airport or café is also an office and a movie theater, a knitting club, and a classroom.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2020
  • This group brings in their own projects, such as knitting or crochet, and assists people who are stuck with their projects.
    — courant.com, 2 July 2021
  • Is there a Grandma Toretto somewhere, with her Prius and her knitting?
    — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 25 June 2021
  • Spare some of your knitting yarn to make these super cute star ornaments.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Wine and bourbon tastings, pairing events, and DIY classes for painting, knitting and more are all part of the fun.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The shoe is a lattice of recycled polyester that pays homage to the Japanese craft of bamboo knitting, or yatara ami.
    — Fortune, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Some of us had the forethought to bring lawn chairs; others, books and knitting materials.
    — Jenna Kunze, ELLE, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But at its simplest, knitting requires just two needles and some string.
    — Connie Chang, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Or, a 100% polyester fabric can be reworked to be stretchy itself—as in the case of Rhone’s Commuter short—such as via knitting or crimping.
    — Maverick Li, menshealth.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Re-knitting is a type of re-weaving only used to repair knit garments.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The contestant took Lawson to a knitting circle and taught her the steps during his hometown date.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Both Tapper and Wagner are journalists who have tried, by and large, to stick to their knitting.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Oct. 2022
  • In 1589 William Lee made his way to the English court, hoping to be granted a patent for his invention, a knitting machine.
    — The Economist, 23 Jan. 2020

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