Da ich das aus aktuellem Anlass gerade selbst gesucht habe und bei Leo nicht fündig geworden bin, greife ich diesen alten Faden wieder auf. Knüpfhaken heißt auf Englisch latch hook.

Da die alte Anfrage von 2006 gerade wieder da ist ... und re4 # :

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 latch hook in American English

noun

a hand-held tool similar to a latch needle, used for drawing loops of yarn through canvas or similar material to make rugs and the like ...

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 ... Latch hooking

A latch hook is both the tool and the textile art of latch hooking. Latch hooking differs from traditional rug hooking and locker hooking by the physical knotting of the yarn to canvas. Latch hook was invented in the nineteenth century with the latch needle, in the twentieth century the latch needle underwent numerous variations, including the hand tool used by artisans and crafters to produce latch hook rugs. While rug hooking uses a base fabric of burlap or hessian, latch hooking uses specially woven rug canvas. Rug canvases range from 3.3 holes per inch (hpi) to 5 hpi. The pattern may be stencilled onto the canvas or worked from a chart similar to a needlepoint pattern. Latch hook yarns may be bought pre-cut (usually 2.5 inch lengths) or in skeins and cut to the desired length. ...