Observations collected by Ariane , ARIANE CRAFTS
Object: The "Kaurkuk" Cork Handle Crochet Hook
Particularities: 1. Box has a logo with patent number
2. Logo has identical leafing to 1887 unpatented Pin Needle Case by Morris and Yeoman
3. Pin needle cases by Morris and Yeomans with same registered address as object of study
4. Crochet hooks have different lengths, different thickness of handle and of needles which also have different correspondent numbers suitable of thread to be used.
5. As per 4
6. Patent registration number on corked hook handles.
7. The difference of length and width of needles is visible to the eye
8. Visual comparison between a present crochet hook ( 1.0mm) and the biggest crochet hook in the Kaurkuk. Naked eye observation : Biggest crochet hook in Kaurkuk set would correspond today to 0.72 mm
9. Visual comparison between Victorian tambour needle and the Kaurkuk. needles. Naked eye observation : Victorian tambour needle is thicker than Kaurkuk. needles and correspondent to our days 1.0 mm crochet hooks needles.
10. Visual comparison between Victorian tambour needle and Kaurkuk. needles from brass fitting to tip of needle , excluding any observations of length of handles.
11. Visual comparison between the Kaurkuk. needles and a 18th century silver crochet hook with mother of pearl handle. Observation registered: 11.1.same metal purity and shine 11.2. 18th century crochet hook was handmade and has very sharp pointed top and tip of curved hook, while with regards to the Kaurkuk. needles only the finest needle ( for same thread as shuttle tatting) has a sharped end and sharped tip of hook.
12. Comparison of needles width with a 18th century mother of pearl crochet hook. Note how distinctive the hooks at the time were and how the 18th century needle hook is equivalent to 1.00 mm crochet hook of today( still bigger than any of the three Kaurkuk. needles)
13. Comparison between shape of the hook of Kaurkuk. needles with 1.00 mm needles of today. Relevance : Industrial machine made polishing ("finish") of the metal.
14. As per 13: machine made indications.
15. As per 13 : Machine-made indications.
16. Two unpatented needle boxes above and Kaurkuk. Cork Handle Crochet Hooks set below.
17. Random observations based on books and official documents published at the time
17.1. Women used the lace made/created with these fine needles for execution of fine borders applied to general household items like bedding and table linen.
17.2 Morris and Yeoman exported their products to the US , Canada and Australia and registered their needle patents in other countries.
Below patent registrations from Australia 1906
US PATENTS PUBLIC NOTICE DATED 1879
Canadian Patent Office Record. (1919). Canada: (n.p.).
18 Had their needles featured in Vol.8 of the 1860 publication of the British Royal Society of Arts.
19. The Kaurkuk Cork Handle Crochet Hook was not an original design material, as there is evidence that Irish women used bent needles inserted into corks .
20. The Kaurkuk Cork Handle Crochet Hook was preceded by
20.1 Non patented products of Morris and Yeoman as THE KENSINGTON KNITTING PIN AND NEEDLE CASE, THE FORGET ME NOT KNITTING PIN AND NEEDLE CASE and unbranded needle boxes
20.2. Non warranted fabric, cardboard and velvet needle cases were not sold alongside patented but preceded patented and warranted products
Above : Unwarranted Morris and Yeoman needle case
Above : Warranted Morris and Yeoman needle case owned by Etsy user
21. Morris and Yeoman were in a highly competitive environment of needles manufacture and exports which can be factually pointed by listing the extensive crochet hook needles patent applications by other competitors in the UK and abroad.
22. THE KAURKUK is suitable for crochet lace. For needlepoint lace which precedes crochet lace historically , please refer to other posts in this blog.
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Best wishes,
Ariane
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