Definitions for slip-stitch

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Spelling: [slip-stich]

IPA: /ˈslɪpˌstɪtʃ/

Slip-Stitch is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 238 anagrams from letters in slip-stitch (-chiilpsstt).

Definitions for slip-stitch

noun

1. a loose stitch taken between two layers of fabric, as on a facing or hem, so as to be invisible on the right side or outside surface, used in stoating.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to sew with slip stitches.

Origin of slip-stitch

First recorded in 1895-1900

Examples for slip-stitch

Third row—bring the wool forward, knit three; bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them.

To slip-stitch means to take a stitch from the left-hand to the right-hand needle without knitting it, and its abbreviation is sl.

First row—bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two, pass the slip-stitch over them.

Each succeeding row is the same, observing that the knit-stitch always comes over the slip-stitch.

Every row is worked the same, with a slip-stitch at the beginning;—knit one; pearl one.

The ground, of chains, worked back in slip-stitch with occasional picots, is to be done when forming the band for the neck.

Observe at the commencement of every row to make a slip-stitch.