knit

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
knit/nɪt/

▶verb (knits, knitting; past and past part. knitted or (especially in sense 2) knit)

• 1 make by interlocking loops of yarn with knitting needles or on a machine.

  ■ make (a plain stitch) in knitting.

• 2 unite or cause to unite.

  ■ (of parts of a broken bone) become joined.

• 3 tighten (one's eyebrows) in a frown.

▶noun (knits) knitted garments.

– derivatives
knitter noun.

– origin OE cnyttan, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to knot1.