The garter is then thrown into a crowd of single men. From Wordnik.com. [jarretière] Reference
This is called garter stitch and is made by knitting every row. From Wordnik.com. [A Passion for Knitting] Reference
And to make matters worse, I am knitting it in garter stitch, contrary to instructions. From Wordnik.com. [Jean's Knitting] Reference
She was demonstrating precisely what you mention, the retrieval of a mistake in garter stitch. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
It is an Irish tradition that the groom removes the garter from the brides thigh using only his teeth. From Wordnik.com. [jarretière] Reference
I am having trouble seeing exactly what is happening, what with the fine, dark yarn and working in garter stitch. From Wordnik.com. [Jean's Knitting] Reference
I liked the idea of garter stitch for the thinner part of the necklace, so that it would lay flat. From Wordnik.com. [Hither and Yarn] Reference
The garter was a symbol of power among witches, and in some traditions it marked the high priestess in a coven. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Circle] Reference
By others it has been asserted that it arose from the word "garter" having been used as a watchword by Edward at the battle of Cressy. From Wordnik.com. [Windsor Castle] Reference
The union, it seemed, was a kind of garter to attach the hose to the tap, and the drum was where the snake wound itself to sleep at night. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914] Reference
It looked the kind of thing a woman might carry in her garter. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
The order of the garter therefore was devised in the time of King. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)] Reference
A twig rustled as a little garter snake squirmed into the thicket. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
She turned around, and looked first at the garter and then at him. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
The choir is filled with the stalls and banners of the knights of the garter. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
'Why dost thou garter up thy arms o' this fashion? dost make hose of thy sleeves?. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere and Montaigne] Reference
The real women's movement never promised anyone a rose garden, or wedding garter. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Get The Wrong Message] Reference
Burnel, knight of the garter, by his marriage with Joice, the heiress of the Zouches. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827] Reference
Now-a-days we use for the same purpose a garter of small new corks strung on worsted. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
They would shed their souls in advance and come out shining and new into the world, like garter snakes. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 6] Reference
Underneath the lower central window is a crown, with cypher of William and Mary, surrounded by the garter. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference
He was dressed in a blue coat with metal buttons, wore his star and garter, and had on black tights and shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Colossal figure in the correct uniform with garter, collar, and ribbon (over right shoulder, should have been left). From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference
Kinge, and that closely made up in a garter, least it should have been seized uppon and he kept heere notwithstandinge. From Wordnik.com. [Colonial Records of Virginia] Reference
Any tight band on the limb as a garter or sleeve band should be removed as they tend to interrupt the return circulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
In winter when he was too lazy to skate or slide himself they pulled him about on the ice by a garter tied round his waist. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
Lastly, she took from a press a long, double-edged knife, felt its temper, and stuck it inside her stocking, under the garter. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
There is a special sly mention of the work upon the garter; and the whole business used to seem to me most magnificently comic. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
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