picking up stitches

A form of pick up stitches — To add stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pick up stitches
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