Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An elastic knitted textile fabric, of which undergarments, etc., are made. Also spelled
stockinget or stockingette, and also called jersey, jersey cloth, and elastic cloth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
elastic textile fabric imitatingknitting , of which stockings, undergarments, etc., are made.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments
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Examples
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This is called stockinet when you do it at home by hand, knitting alternating rows of knit and purl stitches.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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This is called stockinet when you do it at home by hand, knitting alternating rows of knit and purl stitches.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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This is called stockinet when you do it at home by hand, knitting alternating rows of knit and purl stitches.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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This is called stockinet when you do it at home by hand, knitting alternating rows of knit and purl stitches.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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The weave known as stockinet is best of all, because goods thus made cling to the body and yet restrict its activity very little.
Study of Child Life Marion Foster Washburne
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I've only fair isled once and the hat came out very tight where the colorwork was and way, way looser where there was only the solid color stockinet.
easing up on things The Raven 2006
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Reverse side of knitted sampler: From left to right, stockinet, rib knit, and plain knitting.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Front side of hand-knitted sampler: From left to right, plain knitting or garter stitch, rib knit, and stockinet.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Reverse side of knitted sampler: From left to right, stockinet, rib knit, and plain knitting.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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In hand knitting you make ribs by alternating a fixed number of knit and purl stitches, creating alternating columns of stockinet and garter stitch.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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