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slip stitch

1

noun

, Sewing.
  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.


slip-stitch

2

[ slip-stich ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Sewing.
  1. to sew with slip stitches.

slip stitch

noun

  1. a sewing stitch for securing hems, etc, in which only two or three threads of the material are caught up by the needle each time, so that the stitches are nearly invisible from the right side
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to join (two edges) using slip stitches
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slip stitch1

First recorded in 1880–85

Origin of slip stitch2

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slip stitch1

C19: from slip 1
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Example Sentences

To decrease two; slip one, knit two together, pass the slip stitch over.

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

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

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

Secondly, in the following way: slip one stitch, knit-one, pass the slip stitch over: this decreases one stitch.

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