As I recently brought up in a Facebook discussion of words to ask from Okrand, I'd like clarification on this and a few other textile-related words. Although weaving and knitting are both techniques for creating fabric, they use very different technologies, methods, and materials. If Hut'Inmey tIq is indeed 'the sticks used when doing whatever this *weaving* technique is,' then Hut'Inmey tIq are not "*knitting* needles," especially given that there are indeed different sorts of sticks (shed sticks, heddle sticks) used in weaving.

My interpretation is that this is probably a case of Okrand (and Maltz) not knowing the real-world distinctions, and that's fine. As a textile maker and enthusiast, I'm just asking for clarification! If it's a matter of ~Klingons use the same word for both things~, I can deal with that fiction. In that case what I'm after is words for those mysterious "other types of weaving," and to know what a Klingon might call some of the other tools of textile-making! (And, again, exactly what kind of sticks are Hut'Inmey tIq!)

And, just thinking aloud: Is a meSwI' a crochet hook? A weaver? A sewing needle? A professional hair braider? A loom? Knitting needles? *Sewing* needles? Detangler spray? How metaphorically do Klingons use meS? (Does one untie the knot of a complicated relationship?) Recently I learned that "rhapsode," (the term for certain historical Greek storytellers) means something like "song-stitcher," which I think is cool... so, <bommey meSwI'pu'>? Love it. (Though maybe we also need a word for 'to stitch, to sew'!)