Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- ARAN
- Aran knitting takes its name from the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, where dense, cream-colored sweaters were traditionally knitted with intricate cable and honeycomb patterns.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SKEIN
- Yarn is wound into a skein, a loose, twisted hank, for dyeing and display, but it needs to be wound into a ball before you can knit with it, or it tangles beautifully against you.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- GAUGE
- Gauge is the quiet tyrant of knitting: the number of stitches and rows per inch determines whether a finished sweater fits its wearer or ends up gifted to someone much larger.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CABLE
- A cable pattern is made by temporarily slipping stitches onto a small extra needle, knitting past them, then knitting them back in, crossing the strands to create that signature rope-like twist.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Knitting: a free online word search
Knitting word search, playable online right now, with wool and needles among the words waiting in the grid.
About Knitting
Something about the rhythm of knitting is deeply calming, the soft click of needles, the growing weight of fabric in your lap, the way a skein of wool becomes a sweater one stitch at a time. Cable patterns twist and cross like little braided roads across the fabric, while the humble knit-purl combination gives garter and ribbing their familiar stretch and texture. Whether you favor chunky Aran wool or fine merino, every project begins the same way: a slip knot, a cast-on, and the first row.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps, never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.

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