What does knitting-needle mean?
Knitting-needle means Alternative form of knitting needle..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of knitting needle..
If you go down the bridge-steps, you seem to have dropped as through a trap from tumult into stagnation. You meet one person heavily dragging his feet up the steps; on a landing a ragged, cowering tramp is dozing; at the bottom of the steps the street seller of fruit and ginger-beer plies her knitting-needles as self-absorbedly as if she were sitting at a cottage-door with lime trees rustling, instead of London traffic rumbling, overhead.
He was knitting. The past year or two had brought knitting-needles into countenance for men, and he saw no reason why he should not put a few hanks of yarn into shape useful for himself.
Check out this ancient craft-making technique that uses a single knitting-needle to create hats, gloves and mittens out of wool.
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Knitting-needle means Alternative form of knitting needle..
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If you go down the bridge-steps, you seem to have dropped as through a trap from tumult into stagnation. You meet one person heavily dragging his feet up the steps; on a landing a ragged, cowering tramp is dozing; at the bottom of the steps the street seller of fruit and ginger-beer plies her knitting-needles as self-absorbedly as if she were sitting at a cottage-door with lime trees rustling, instead of London traffic rumbling, overhead.
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