double knitting

British  

noun

1. 1. a widely used medium thickness of knitting wool

   2. ( as modifier )

      double-knitting wool

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Example Sentences

She occupied herself with making cot blankets, in double knitting, for the babies of her young friends; some of them among her poorer neighbors, whom she had known when they were little children themselves and she came first to Ambleside, others among more distant and wealthier couples.

From Project Gutenberg

When the Redditers caught on, they got very angry and immediately picked a new video to make popular, "Cast on for Double Knitting I," which is also very boring and quite a bit longer.

From Salon

Cast on one hundred and forty stitches; knit six rows plain, knitting four on each pin plain, and purl, twelve rows of double knitting, twenty-four rows narrowing at the end, in double knitting, eight rows plain knitting, and cast off.

From Project Gutenberg

Plain double knitting, with six-thread fleecy, in pieces of six inches square, each of the pieces being about twenty-four stitches each way; when finished, they are to be sewn together with a tuft of black wool at the corner of each square.

From Project Gutenberg

In double knitting you cannot very well increase oftener than every 3 rows, as you do not complete the increase in less than 3 rows.

From Project Gutenberg