A clamping device for attaching crochet needles to the needle bar of a galloon crochet machine or Raschel loom. The clamping device consists of two body pieces, a lower piece and a clamping lid, which are fastened together by means of clamps. In one embodiment the body piece holds the needle shafts, a spacer inserted into each interval between needles, and a support piece between the shafts of a needle and a receptacle in the lower piece. This results in the formation of needle beds. In the other embodiment very shallow grooves are milled opposite one another in both body pieces. These are only a fraction of half the height of the needle shafts, leaving the major part of the needle shaft's height free after clamping.