Definition of "stockinette" []

• An elastic knitted fabric used especially in making undergarments, bandages, and babies' clothes. (noun)

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• "I continued this k1, p1 for another half-inch before switching to plain stockinette for the foot."
• "Change to [larger] needles and continue in stockinette st."
• "Or, I can't tell from the photo, but it may be done in stockinette -- knits all on one side purls on the other."