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picking up stitches

picking up stitches is the present participle and gerund of pick up stitches.

Meaning of pick up stitches

Verb

pick up stitches (third-person singular simple present picks up stitches, present participle picking up stitches, simple past and past participle picked up stitches)

  1. (idiomatic) To add stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac.

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Questions about picking up stitches

What is picking up stitches the present participle and gerund of?
Picking up stitches is the present participle and gerund of pick up stitches.

Words near picking up stitches in the dictionary

  1. picking up
  2. picking up on
  3. picking up one's crumbs
  4. picking up one's marbles and going home
  5. picking up steam
  6. picking up stitches
  7. picking up the ball and running with it
  8. picking up the mantle
  9. picking up the pace
  10. picking up the phone
  11. picking up the pieces

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