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.
have been knitting
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present perfect progressiveof knit.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"Yes," said Miss Mary, "just the same as you have been knitting all along, Alexia."
From Five Little Peppers and their Friends by Sidney, Margaret
We have been knitting a purse for you, brother, each of us; and mother had just finished sewing on the tassel when you came.
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee
Ever since we married I have been knitting comforters for Mr. Gladstone, which he has always either been losing or giving away.
From Angels & Ministers by Housman, Laurence
Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.
From Anne of the Island by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
"I have been knitting this stocking for fifty years," said the witch, taking a pinch of snuff out of the soup-tureenful that she always kept beside her.
From The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book by Harrison, Constance Cary
