stockinette

[ stok-uh-net ]

noun

Also stock·i·net . a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
Also called stockinette stitch .Knitting. a knitting pattern made by alternating single rows of knit stitches and of purl stitches in such a way that all the knit stitches show on one side of the fabric and all the purl stitches on the other.

Origin of stockinette

First recorded in 1775–85; earlier stocking-net

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Cast 20 stitches on one of your needles and knit in stockinette stitch for 15 rows.
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They seem to be just long bags, nearly a yard long, of black stockinette stuff.
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The knickerbockers in this case are made of red knitted stockinette instead of cloth.
The Heritage of Dress | Wilfred Mark Webb
In scarlet serge dress and cap of scarlet stockinette, she danced to the tinsel melody.
Carnival | Compton Mackenzie
Under the plaster, stockinette drawers are worn, and the bony prominences are padded with cotton wool.
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Fold shoulders tog, having buttonholes overlap the stockinette st band.
Juvenile Styles, Volume 4 | Mary Hoyer

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