| MOSSSTITCH | Term for a mode of knitting alternate plain and purl loops so as to create a texture like a carpet or blanket of woodland bryophyte (4,6) |
| MESH | Word linking "green" for a verdant colour or "stitch" for alternate plain and purl loops in knitting (4) |
| BALAYAGE | Technique of "sweeping" colour or dye onto the hair with a brush so as to create a natural graduated effect (8) |
| TRAIN | Common name for a mode of transport such as the Flying Scotsman (5) |
| CHEWY | With a texture like toffee (5) |
| MERRYGOROUND | My boss wanted to keep us in the loop, so she scheduled our meeting at a... |
| AWARE | In the loop, so to speak |
| PATCHY | Showing variations in texture, like mended clothing (6) |
| KNITTER | Craftsperson who creates cardigans, jumpers, blankets and other woollies with combinations of plain and purl stitches (7) |
| VOICE | Sound produced in spoken communication or sung words; the ability to chant, croon, harmonise, warble or wassail well; a part for a chorister; a mode of utterance; or, a medium of expression (5) |
| STITCH | A pain in the side said to be eased with the chickweed-like herb starwort; a ridge of land; a shock of corn; or, a knitter's purl, surgeon's suture, tailor's tack or other loop of thread (6) |
| STOCKINGSTITCH | Knitting style with alternating rows of plain and purl (8,6) |
| SIT | A mode or spell of perching, posing or resting one's posterior on a saddle, settle, sofa, stall or stool; or, a somewhat Barbara Woodhouse-ish command to a dog to assume a similar such ensconced posit |
| THREAD | A fine strand of embroidery silk, filoselle, floss, genappe, purl, zari or other yarn for needlecraft; one of the filaments of a spider's web; or, alluding to the destiny spun by the Fates, the course |
| STATE | A mode of existence; an impression taken from an etched or engraved plate at a particular point in progress; or, a commonwealth (5) |
| ICARUS | A mode of transport America provided for a mythical flyer (6) |
| MADAM | A mode of address for one mother and another |
| IDIOM | A mode of expression peculiar to a language (5) |
| FABRIC | A texture of knitted material found and brought right into China acronymically |
| FLOCK | Pulverized wool or felt applied to paper to produce a texture or pattern (5) |
