Donmai

Fix tag name for crochet hook

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BUR #28381 has been rejected.

create alias knitting_hook -> crochet_hook

There is no such thing as a knitting hook. This tag was likely created out of confusion on post #4207494 since it appears to depict knitting, but the implements used have distinct hooks. Whatever they are (tunsian crochet hooks, strangely bent knitting needles, or a hitherto unknown tool born of artistic error), anyone tagging “knitting hook” likely means crochet hook.

I don't think this should be an alias. Knitting needles and crochet hooks are two different things. The post you linked shows somebody knitting, but their knitting needles are hooked for same reason (probably artistic error). There's only three posts here, they should just be manually moved. Left to right: crochet hook, sewing pin, knitting needle.

Tagging oddly bent knitting needles as knitting needles is fine by me. I’ll take care of that doing a second pass after I’ve finished cleaning up knitting. I don’t know about the odd case of post #5724583 now though. It may be intended as knitting because of how they are held, but considering the grip and shape, those “needles” really look like crochet hooks to me.

I would personally tag it as knitting needles because it's really weird to crochet with 2 needles, so I would assume the artist is attempting to portray knitting. But I don't think it matters much. It's up to your judgement.

Just found anpther case, post #2553705. The hook she’s holding in her left hand looks exactly like a tapered crochet hook, whereas the other is obviously a knitting needle. And there are techniques that use a knitting needle and crochet hook together, but for the techniques I know of, the posture and/or stitches don’t look like what is depicted.

I suppose the sailient point is how these tags will be searched, since that is the reason for tagging in the first place. If someone is looking for knitting needles, would they be interested in crochet hooks being used to knit? At the very least if things are going to be tagged as what they should be rather than what they are, it would probably be a good idea to have some indication of that in a tag or pool.

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