slip stitch

noun

a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric; designed to be invisible from the right side

• Hypernyms: ↑sewing stitch, ↑embroidery stitch

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noun

Etymology: slip (I)

1. : a concealed stitch for sewing folded edges (as hems, facings, or appliqués) made by alternately running the needle inside the fold and picking up a thread or two from the body of the article

2. : an unworked stitch; especially : a knitting stitch that is shifted from one needle to another without knitting in it

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Sewing.

a loose stitch taken between two layers of fabric, as on a facing or hem, so as to be invisible on the right side or outside surface, used in stoating.

[1880-85]

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slip stitch noun

A concealed sewing stitch used on hems, facings, etc in which only a few threads of the material forming the main body of the garment are caught up by the needle for each stitch

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Main Entry: ↑slip

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slip stitch,

a stitch hidden between the fold of a cloth, such as on the bottom of a skirt, where stitches should not be seen.

slip-stitch «SLIHP _STIHCH», transitive verb.

to make a slip stitch or stitches in (a hem, facing, or the like).

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1.

n.

1) (in sewing) a loose stitch joining layers of fabric and not visible externally

2) [often as adj.] Knitting a type of stitch in which the stitches are moved from one needle to the other without being knitted

a slip-stitch pattern

2.

v. (slip-stitch) [trans.] sew or knit with such stitches