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CROCHET HOOK [7 records]

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Record 1 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
CONT

A "warp knitting machine" feeds one or more separate "warp threads" to each hook. There are several types of such machines. The basic action of the one called a "crochet machine" [forms] a chain that is sometimes termed a "pillar stitch. "

CONT

Because of the complex movements and looping of crochet, to date, there is no true crocheting machine that can accurately mimic the human hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
DEF

Métier à mailles jetées pouvant produire une étoffe similaire à une étoffe crochetée à la main.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

crochet hook : an item in the "Textileworking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

aiguille à crochet : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de travail du textile» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

crochet hook case : an item in the "Textileworking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

étui à aiguilles à crochet : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de travail du textile» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Techniques and Stitching
  • Embroidery (General)
CONT

The Beauvais stitch, a chain stitch done with a very small crochet hook, is made up of many tiny stitches, one inside the other. The work is very fine... and allows for a very rich blend of colours. The Beauvais stitch is used for gloves, handbags, hankerchiefs, scarves, lingerie, clothing and household linens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'exécution et points de couture
  • Broderie (Généralités)
CONT

Initiale au point de Beauvais.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

Hooked spines at the tip of the prolegs of lepidopterous larvae.

CONT

At the tip of each of the ten prolegs are many tiny fishhooks called crochets, arranged in a circle with their bases toward the outside of the tip and their hooks directed toward the center, such that the hook of each crochet points outward and down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Corpuscule silicieux des animaux inférieurs, souvent en forme d'épine.

CONT

L'abdomen porte des fausses-pattes ventrales (typiquement quatre paires), et une paire à l'extrémité postérieure, toutes garnies de spicules.

OBS

anatomie de la chenille.

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

Sky hooks come in many shapes and sizes, from small triangular shapes with sharp points, to others with flat points.

OBS

According to information supplied by a rock climbing specialist, a "sky hook" is the generic term in English for a whole assortment of rock climbing hooks including those with a point designed to fit into tiny natural or dirilled holes on the rock face.

OBS

From the various illustrations and descriptions and the information supplied by this specialist, it seems reasonable to conclude that the term "crochet à gouttes d’eau" is a specific French term for rock climbing hooks designed to have the point fit into holes in the rock. English seems to have no specific equivalent term but tends to use the generic term "sky hook", although some manufacturers have introduced more specific terms such as "Logan hook" and "Petzel hook".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

[Crochet] tenant dans des trous [comme les fameuses «gouttes d'eau» de certains calcaires].

Spanish

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Record 7 1987-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing (General)
CONT

A fine crochet hook is helpful when tying short thread ends...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Couture (Généralités)
CONT

(...) un crochet fin nouera des bouts de fils trop courts (...).

Spanish

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