Past tense of knit

Forms of knit

Less standard forms: knat (dialectal), knitten (dialectal).

Knitted in a sentence

• The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers.
• I knitted swatches in a cable pattern to see how the different hapazome tachniques and yarn weights affected the appearance of the cables.2026, Stefanie Johnson, “Speckles and Tonals”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 53

Meaning of knit

1. verb To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
2. verb To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
3. verb To join closely and firmly together.

Full definition of knit

Verbs like knit

• put (put)
• let (let)
• set (set)
• read (read)
• hit (hit)
• cost (cost)
• cut (cut)
• hurt (hurt)
• spread (spread)
• cast (cast)
• shut (shut)
• split (split)

More about knit

• Meaning of knit
• Knit in a sentence
• Plural of knit
• Knit in Hindi
• Knit in Tamil
• Knit in Urdu
• Knit in Bengali

Questions about the past tense of knit

What is the past tense of knit?

The past tense of knit is knit.

What is the past participle of knit?

The past participle of knit is knit or knitted.

Is knit a regular or irregular verb?

Knit is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.

Is knat correct?

knat is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of knit is knit.

Is knitten correct?

knitten is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of knit is knit.