Dull account recalled type of knitwear craft (9)
I believe the answer is:
catamaran
'craft' is the definition.
(catamaran is a kind of craft)
'dull account recalled type of knitwear' is the wordplay.
'dull' becomes 'mat' (mat as opposed to glossy).
'account' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for account).
'recalled' is a reversal indicator (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'type of knitwear' becomes 'aran' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mat'+'ac'='matac'
'matac' written backwards gives 'catam'.
'catam'+'aran'='CATAMARAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for catamaran that I've seen before include "Quarrelsome woman" , "One vessel" , "Twin-hulled sailing boat" , "Twin-hulled craft" , "Boat with two hulls" .)