Rug hooking tool for hobby users
OwnerJohn S. Doyelinventor
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Abstract
A rug hooking new tool to be used in place of the conventional latch hook. The tool has a closed integral loop of a firm material which extends forwardly from a handle and can be inserted into canvas to knot lengths of yarn thereto. The handle can comprise a shank received into a shell such that a magazine is formed therebetween for lengths of yarn which can slide therein forwardly onto the loop. The shank and shell can be separable to allow the shank to mate with a loader for loading the magazine with lengths of yarn. One type of loader uses windings of a continuous length of yarn which are cut into individual lengths in the course of loading the magazine. Another type uses pre-cut lengths of yarn. The same magazine and loaders can be used with a tool having a conventional latch hook tip.
Claims13
A rug hooking tool having a handle and a closed, integral loop of firm material which extends forwardly from the handle and comprises a greater width portion which smoothly narrows forwardly to a lesser width tip, said loop being dimensioned to be inserted forwardly into canvas meshes between warp and weft runs such that a warp or weft run is over the loop and such that the tip and at least a part of the greater width portion of the loop are forwardly of said run while at least a major portion of the handle is rearwardly of the run, whereby when the loop is so inserted in the canvas, and there is a length of yarn with a central part thereof just rearwardly of the run and between the tool and the canvas and the free ends thereof extending away from the tool and/or canvas, said yarn length can be knotted to said run by pushing the free ends thereof forwardly over said run and downwardly into the loop and withdrawing the tool from the canvas by moving it rearwardly of said run, said loop being dimensioned in width to receive freely said free ends of the yarn length and said tip being dimensioned in width to receive said free ends relatively tightly in the course of said rearward movement of the tool.
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