"Tambour Hook" / Ari

Question

Sabe alguien ¿como se dice 'tambour hook' en el castellano de España? Se usa para bordar puntos de cadenetas. Lo sé que se llama la herramienta con la que se hace ganchillo sino un gancho, como en America Latina, que una aguja. Por eso tengo una duda sobre 'gancho de tambor', lo que ofrecen las traductores automaticas. (No es igual como una aguja de 'punch' - ¿punzar?)

Does anyone know the Spanish for tambour hook? The automatic translators suggest gancho de tambor and tambour gancho.

However, while I believe that a crochet hook is un gancho in Latin America, in Spain, where I live, all 'gancho' got me was blank stares. Here, a crochet hook is una aguja de ganchillo, literally a crochet needle. Since a tambour hook is an uncommon item, I'd like to at least have the right words when I walk into the mercería!

¡Gracias!

Good question! - rac1, Jul 20, 2012

Answer 1

That is not easy to find, especially as I don't know what a tambour hook is if I fell over one (smiley) but I did find an article with some terms and pictures that might take you one step closer on your search.

I'm not sure if the aguja in the picture is what you are looking for but it is a bit different from a regular crochet hook from the looks of things.

Sorry I couldn't help more :(

Thank you! I've just started seriously trying to find a tambour hook, which has a latch, very like a rug hook in fact. This blog features a punch needle, which I recently spotted in a haberdasher's window. Another new technique. Thanks again! - Enderby, Jul 20, 2012