garter stitch

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

garter stitch
    n 1: a knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal
         ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling
         one side)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Garter stitch \Garter stitch\
   The simplest stitch in knitting.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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