knit vs lace up

knit

verb
  • To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. 

  • To grow together. 

  • To combine from various elements. 

  • To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine. 

  • To join closely and firmly together. 

  • To heal following a fracture. 

  • To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted. 

  • To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. 

noun
  • A knitted garment. 

  • A session of knitting. 

lace up

verb
  • To fasten the laces of something. 

  • To insert (film) into a projector. 

How often have the words knit and lace up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )