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slip stitch

slip stitch is the alternative form of slipstitch.

Meaning of slipstitch

Noun

slipstitch (plural slipstitches)

  1. a kind of stitch that is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted
  2. (crochet) a stitch used to connect different parts of a work, achieved by pulling the thread through two non-adjacent loops

Forms of slip stitch

pluralslip stitches

Questions about slip stitch

What is slip stitch the alternative form of?
Slip stitch is the alternative form of slipstitch.

Words near slip stitch in the dictionary

  1. Slip Slop Slap
  2. slip someone a length
  3. slip someone's mind
  4. slip steward
  5. slip stewards
  6. slip stitch
  7. slip stitches
  8. slip the cable
  9. slip through
  10. slip through someone's fingers
  11. slip through the cracks

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