Definition of "knitting-work" []

• The occupation of knitting. (noun)
• A piece of knitting, with needles, ball of yarn, etc. (noun)
• Any occupation for the hands which leaves the mind unemployed and permits conversation. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Without replying, Annette folded her knitting-work, rolled up her ball of wool, kissed her mother on the cheeks, gave her hand to the two gentlemen, and departed quickly, as if she glided away without disturbing the air as she went."
• "How dreamy the winter twilight came in there, -- as yet the candles were not lighted, -- when the crickets chirped around the dark stone hearth, and shifting tongues of flame flickered and cast dancing shadows and elfish lights on the walls, while grandmother nodded over her knitting-work, and puss purred, and old"
• "The happiest person whom I saw there (and, running hastily through my experiences, I hardly recollect to have seen a happier one in my life, if you take a careless flow of spirits as happiness) was an old woman that lay in bed among ten or twelve heavy-looking females, who plied their knitting-work round about her."