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Crochet Guild of America

Crochet Hook Classification

Based on material used to make the hook (not the handle) and the method of manufacture.

100. Crochet hooks with removable needles steel wire needles or tapered hooks, handle may be any material

110. wire needles held in brass ferrule or collar pre 1880 or so
120. wire needles in steel ferrule or collar post 1880 or so
130. other wire needle mounts
140. tapered hooks
190. sets in case
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200. Wire needle permanently mounted in handle until 1915 (WWI)

wire needle always steel
pre WWI, all post WW1 hooks in 300 (some look like wire hooks but actually use a different method of manufacture)
handle may be any material

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210. cone mount - probably India 1860s

220. sliders - needle mounted in stamped brass handle

230. transition between slider and long needle with open handle

240. long needle with open wire handle - brass mount

250. long needle with tube handle - brass mount

260. swingers and swivels - steel pin mount

270. long needles with steel handles

280. other soft metal mounts - brass, pewter

290. needles steel, self mount, or glued

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300. Tapered steel hook mounted in handle post 1880

handles may be of any material

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310. pre WWI decorative handles from ladies necessities - brass mounted or glued

320. post 1900 with tapered steel hooks comfort handles and safety handles

390. sets

391. Ladies necessities

392. tapered steel - matching hooks of graduated sizes

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400. Tapered steel, one-piece hook

410. rod handle

420. grip handle

Boye History Vintage and Modern Day Crochet Hooks

430. sets -- matching hooks of graduated sizes

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500. Ivory

510. elephant ivory

520. walrus ivory

Canadian Museum of Western Civilization

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530. mammoth ivory

600. Carved Bone

700. Lathe Turned Bone - all of the simpler, massed produced hooks

800. Plastics

810. celluloid

820. cellulose acetate

830. casein

840. modern proprietary plastics

890. sets

900. Aluminum

990. Sets

1000. Plain Wood Made before 1970.

1010. sets

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1100. Studio Wood Made after 1970. Exotic woods used.

Studio hooks displayed at CGOA's Chain Link 2001 conference

< DD>1190. sets

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1200. Brass/Copper/Bronze includes all Addi Turbo hooks which are brass, also some INOX

1290. sets

1300. Other materials

1310. mother of pearl

1320. horn

1330. mother of pearl

1340. sterling silver

1350. tortoise shell (?)

1360. vulcanite/rubber (? rubber may have only been used for handle)

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Specialty Crochet

2000. Tunisian/Afghan hooks

2100. onehook

2110. bone

2120. ivory

2130. steel

2140. plastics

2150. aluminum

2160. wood

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2200. two hooks includes Cro-Hook

center between hooks is smooth (no carving or turning), hooks are same size

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2210. bone

2220. plastics

2230. aluminum

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3000. Pjoning/Patning/Shepherd's Knitting

broad, flat handles sometimes hand made from spoon handles, flat metal, don't know if this type of hook is or ever was commercially made -- see Liz Paludan's book for pictures

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4000. Rug Crochet Hooks for crocheting fabric strips into rugs

Denner art rug needle US patent 1,751,796 Mar 15, 1930

Neusch wanger art needle US patent 2,279,926 Apr 14, 1942

Standart US patent 3,229,484 Jan.18, 1966

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5000. Cro-Knitting

Mathews US patent 1,611,474

Burnham US patent 2,093,631

Neuschwanger US patent 2,217,524

Burnham US patent 2,353,875 July 18, 1944

Nagano US patent 5,211,710 May 18, 1993

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Crochet Accessories

6000. Hairpin Lace Frames

7000. Thread Holders

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