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.
had knit
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past perfectof knit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Ono spoke briefly, holding an unfinished white scarf that she had knit for Mr. Coleman.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2015
The shared experience had knit us together, in a way that film watchers, novel readers, and museumgoers can only envy.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2010
But the arrangement was beginning to unravel, and the man who had knit it together in the first place was being summoned to perform some quick-stitch diplomacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boss Arcelio Iglesias, Cuba's No. 4 Communist, had knit 9.000 dock wallopers into a powerful Maritime Federation that usually got what it wanted.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then they pulled on their beautiful white stockings, that they had knit of fine cotton thread in lacy, openwork patterns, and they buttoned up their best shoes.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
