"pick up stitches" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-pick up stitches.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} pick up stitches pl (plural only)
  1. Stitches that were added to the row, during knitting. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-pick_up_stitches-en-noun-FkPZ-TOz

Verb

Audio: En-au-pick up stitches.ogg Forms: picks up stitches [present, singular, third-person], picking up stitches [participle, present], picked up stitches [participle, past], picked up stitches [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pick up stitches}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Crafts
    Sense id: en-pick_up_stitches-en-verb-YfdCzO5Z Disambiguation of Crafts: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75
     
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