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How to spell knit
What it means: To make fabric by interlacing yarn.
In a sentence: Grandma can knit a warm scarf for winter.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as nit or knitt.
Same family: knits, knitting, knitted, knitter, knitwear. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Knit” comes from Old English “cnyttan,” meaning ‘to tie in a knot or join together.’ The silent “k” reflects older Germanic pronunciation, but over time the initial /k/ sound disappeared while the spelling stayed the same.
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