Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "knitting" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Causes

afgans arthritis bleeding carpal tunnel syndrome concentrate on pattern creating scarf end up with scarf generating sweaters have fun have tired hands make pointless scarf make sweater making blanket making sweaters need to buy yarn piece of clothing created produce article of clothing receiving compliments on finished piece relax relaxation scarf sore hands sweater may produced sweaters your

Derived Terms

'tend to one's knitting attend to one's knitting attend to one's own knitting cable knitting circular knitting double knitting graffiti knitting guerrilla knitting keep to one's knitting keep to one's own knitting knit yoghurt knitting chart knitting machine knitting needle knitting pattern stick to one's knitting stick to one's own knitting tend to one's knitting tend to one's own knitting warp knitting yoghurt-knitting

Derived From

knit

Distinct From

crochet

Inflected/Variant Forms

knit

Context

rail transport uk

Prerequisites

needles and yarn patience wanting to make scarf yarn

Has Property

less fun

Subevents

chose yarn could make sweater count stitches drop needle drop stitch follow pattern follow patterns getting bored having reaction to wool listen to music look at pattern making sweater piece of cloth produced prick on finger select which yarn to use stich might dropped talk unraveling ball of yarn use yarn watch television watching tv

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

handicraft needlecraft needlework

Type Of (IsA)

assembling craft forging handicraft intelligent agent activity manufacturing

Receives Action

considered hobby done by hand

Related Terms

action activity clothes clothes making clothes pullover craft craft activity crochet grandmother grandmother hobby grandparent grandparent activity granny granny activity hobby knit knitted knots like like crochet like sewing making making sweaters material needles ohle present present progressive progressive pullover scarf sewing sewing type sweater sweater scarf sweaters thread two two needles type warp knitting with needles wool wool making wool needles yarn yarn activity

Synonym Network

knit

Used For

entertaining yourself making blankets making clothes making cloting making gift making hat making jumpers making mittens making scarf making scarf or sweater making sweater making sweaters and mittens making wooly jumpers passing time producing finished product relaxation waiting rooms weaving skeins of yarn together

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.