How would you interpret this phrase “sit knitting together”?
Those efforts and even the coming Olympics won’t make much difference for Sato and her friend Sen Honda, 86, who sit knitting together during a visit to Kita’s Kirigaoka Day Home .

How would you interpret this phrase “sit knitting together”?
Does it mean they sit close to each other?

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How would you interpret this phrase “sit knitting together”?
Those efforts and even the coming Olympics won’t make much difference for Sato and her friend Sen Honda, 86, who sit knitting together during a visit to Kita’s Kirigaoka Day Home .

How would you interpret this phrase “sit knitting together”?
Does it mean they sit close to each other?

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Thank you.

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"Does it mean they sit close to each other?"  Yes. You could also say "sit next to each other while knitting".  This would be more descriptive, but it's exactly the same.