KNITTING
NOUNS
► CANOODLE a knitting needle → 1944 Amer. dial.
► JACOB’S LADDER the hole or gap made by a dropped stitch having run down in knitting → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► LADDER-LOOSE ► LADDER-LOWSE a dropped stitch in a stocking, etc. → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► LOUSE-LADDER the hole or gap made by a dropped stitch having run down in knitting → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► NEEDLE-WIRE a knitting needle → 1899 Amer. dial.
► PEAKY a steel knitting-pin → 1825 Sc.
► SOT WORK knitting, mending, needlework, etc. → 1953 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► NATTER a woman who works constantly at something which makes a slight noise, such as knitting → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► PEAKY a knitter → 1825 Sc.
► PEAKY-WORKER a knitter → 1825 Sc.
► WABSTER a knitter of stockings → 1825 Sc.
VERBS
► BATE in knitting: to decrease the number of stitches, to narrow → 1887 Eng. dial.
► GABBLE to do something clumsily; to make a poor job of something, esp. of sewing or knitting → 1953 Sc.
► GARBLE to knit loosely or carelessly → 1924 Sc.
► WAFFLE to knit in a loose clumsy manner → 1904 Sc.
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