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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Free large-print knitting word search — wool, needles, cables, and the quiet click of a satisfying row coming together.
About Knitting
There is something deeply calming about the rhythm of knitting — 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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