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• slip stitch
  slip stitch

  noun

  a loose stitch taken between two layers of fabric, as on a facing or hem, so as to be invisible on the right side or outside surface, used in stoating.
• slip-stitch
  slip-stitch

  verb (used with or without object)

  to sew with slip stitches.

slip stitch

¹ American  

noun

Sewing.

1. a loose stitch taken between two layers of fabric, as on a facing or hem, so as to be invisible on the right side or outside surface, used in stoating.

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slip-stitch ² American  

[slip-stich] / ˈslɪpˌstɪtʃ /

verb (used with or without object)

Sewing.

1. to sew with slip stitches.

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slip stitch British  

noun

1. a sewing stitch for securing hems, etc, in which only two or three threads of the material are caught up by the needle each time, so that the stitches are nearly invisible from the right side

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verb

1. (tr) to join (two edges) using slip stitches

Etymology

Origin of slip stitch¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Origin of slip-stitch²

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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slip stitch slip-stitch

First and third row: The wool is to be brought forward, then slip one, knit two, and pass over them the slip stitch; repeat second and fourth row plain.

From The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet by Anonymous

A slip stitch is a long stitch on the wrong side and a blind stitch on the hem.

From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by McGlauflin, Idabelle

Fasten the thread after having fastened the last 4 chain-stitches with a slip stitch to the 1st double stitch of this round.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

First row of the pattern, wool before, slip one, knit one, pass the slip stitch over, knit one, purl one; repeat to the end of the row.

From The New Guide to Knitting & Crochet by Cooper, Marie Jane

Secondly, in the following way: slip one stitch, knit-one, pass the slip stitch over: this decreases one stitch.

From The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown

First round—pearl one; bring the silk forward, slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it; knit four; pearl one.—Repeat.

From My Knitting Book by Lambert, Miss

Every succeeding row is the same.—The stitch knitted in one row, is the slip-stitch in the next.

From My Knitting Book by Lambert, Miss

Fourth round—knit two together; bring the silk forward, knit one; knit two together; bring the silk forward, knit two; pearl four; bring the silk forward, slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it.—Repeat.

From My Knitting Book by Lambert, Miss

Fifth row—knit one; slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them; knit one; bring the wool forward, knit one; bring the wool forward.

From My Knitting Book by Lambert, Miss

In some periodicals and books, the real slip-stitch is omitted, and the single is called slip-stitch; the double is called single, the treble is called double, the double treble is called treble, and so on.

From Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet by Anonymous