knit up
To finish making something by knitting, or for a cut or sore to heal up and close.
Meanings
To complete or finish a piece of knitting.
"She spent the afternoon knitting up the last few rows of the sweater."
Of a wound or injury: to close and heal naturally.
"The small cut on his hand knit up cleanly without needing stitches."
Figuratively, to restore or repair something that is frayed or disordered (especially in literary use).
"Sleep, he hoped, would knit up the exhaustion of a brutal week."
"Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care."
— William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 2
Used literally in craft contexts (to finish knitting something) and medically (for tissue to close and heal). Literary use also exists — Shakespeare famously used it in Macbeth to refer to sleep 'knitting up' the sleeve of care. Less commonly used today.
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