For starters, kid has assorted knitted items in military-looking colour (5)
I believe the answer is:
khaki
'colour' is the definition.
(I know that khaki is a colour)
'for starters kid has assorted knitted items' is the wordplay.
'for starters' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'kid has assorted knitted items' is 'KHAKI'.
'in military-looking' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for khaki that I've seen before include "Yellowish brown (used by military)" , "Uniform shade" , "Dullish brown colour" , "Olive drab" , "Military fabric/colour" .)