Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to think up; to think out; to work out; to come up with; to devise; to invent
彼は、完全な策を編み出したのです。He came up with a perfect plan.
2. to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.)
母はセーターにきれいな花模様を編み出した。My mother knitted a pretty floral pattern into the sweater.
3. to start knitting
マフラーを編み出したら止まらなくなった。Once I started knitting the scarf, I couldn't stop.