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knitfluencer

knitfluencer noun: someone who posts content on social media about knitting.

Noun

knitfluencer (plural knitfluencers)

  1. (neologism) Someone who posts content on social media about knitting.
    • Now, there is some context to this latest kerfuffle. While many of us don't wake up every day wishing the world of knitfluencers was more diverse, people have been talking about racism in the knitting community for some time. Tusken herself was pushed to the forefront of this debate last year, when...2020 February 20, Poppy Noor, “Knitting influencer gets in a tangle after mocking wokeness with yarn”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
    • Two knitfluencers, Cecilia Nelson-Hurt of @creativececi and Diane Ivey of @ladydyeyarns, filmed an hourlong livestream about the controversy.2021 December 11, Emily Shugerman, “The Racism Drama Unraveling the Knitting World”, in Yahoo News, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026

Examples of knitfluencer in a sentence

  • While many of us don't wake up every day wishing the world of knitfluencers was more diverse, people have been talking about racism in the knitting community for some time.2020 February 20, Poppy Noor, “Knitting influencer gets in a tangle after mocking wokeness with yarn”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The...
  • Thanks to knitfluencers such as Katie Jones, Stephen West, Ella Emhoff and, of course, Tom Daley, the meditative hobby is riding a new wave of popularity.2025 March 19, Elise Damstra, “Knitting is cool again. Here's everything you need to get started – and what you don't”, in Katharine Viner...

Forms of knitfluencer

pluralknitfluencers

Origin of knitfluencer

From knit + -fluencer.

Questions about knitfluencer

What does knitfluencer mean?
Knitfluencer means someone who posts content on social media about knitting.
How do you use knitfluencer in a sentence?
While many of us don't wake up every day wishing the world of knitfluencers was more diverse, people have been talking about racism in the knitting community for some time.
What part of speech is knitfluencer?
Knitfluencer is a noun.
What is the plural of knitfluencer?
The plural of knitfluencer is knitfluencers.

Words near knitfluencer in the dictionary

  1. knitathons
  2. knitback
  3. knitbone
  4. knitch
  5. knitches
  6. knitfluencer
  7. knitfluencers
  8. knitlike
  9. knits
  10. knits fog
  11. knits one's brow

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