knitting needle

noun

either of two types of instruments used for hand knitting: a straight rod of steel, wood, plastic, etc., pointed at one or both ends, used in pairs, or a single curved, flexible rod with two pointed ends.

any of various needlelike devices used in machine knitting.

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Words nearby knitting needle

kniphofia, knish, knit, knitted, knitting, knitting needle, knitwear, knives, knob, knob latch, knob lock

Origin of knitting needle

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example sentences from the Web for knitting needle

How demure, how innocent she looked, plying her knitting-needle, and stopping to take up a stitch!
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.)|Various
In no case was it possible to say beforehand which end of the knitting-needle would have north polarity and which south.
Makers of Electricity|Brother Potamian
Then you wonder what that lady over across the aisle is trying to get out of that bottle with a knitting-needle.
The World on Wheels and Other Sketches|Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
How would it be if we were to make a knitting-needle red-hot and bore a tunnel from this end?
Happy Days|Alan Alexander Milne

Saucy Sal is a dead break-down, and we net seven hundred safe; Pot did it with a knitting-needle while they were plaiting her.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2)|Charles James Lever