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double knitting

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noun

    1. a widely used medium thickness of knitting wool

    2. ( as modifier )

      double-knitting wool

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Knit 12 turns plain and 10 turns double knitting.

From The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book by Watts, Miss

She liked Mrs. Hale's double knitting far better; that was sensible of its kind.

From North and South by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Repeat these 2 rows until you think it long enough, then begin double knitting, decrease to 18 stitches again, knit about 2 inches and finish in a point.

From The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book by Watts, Miss

Decreasing in double knitting can be done in 2 rows.

From The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book by Watts, Miss

Fasten it up a little way behind, turn back the first part of double knitting, and run a ribbon through it.

From The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book by Watts, Miss

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