knit
verb (used with object)
to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
am knitting
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present progressiveof knit (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Took Robert’s sock I am knitting with me.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Well, I may be mistaken of course—thank you, my dear, if you will just reach me my knitting, I can always talk so much better when I am knitting.
From The Rebellion of Margaret by Arthur Twidle
Having come to this conclusion, I pulled out the golf-stockings I am knitting for Ben, and fell to work, with the result that it was tea-time before I knew it.
From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Maud Wilder Goodwin
It is a stocking—I am knitting for my little poor children.
From Renée Mauperin by Alys Hallard
Anne knits her stint each day, and will soon have hers done, but her second pair I am knitting for the child.
From A Little Maid of Province Town by Wuanita Smith
