Abstract: The invention relates to a self-windable adhesive tape comprising a tape-shaped carrier which consists of a knit (G). To achieve good hand-tearability combined with less costly and inconvenient manufacture, it is proposed that the carrier be provided on one side with a directly applied pressure-sensitive adhesive coating. The carrier in question has a material thickness in the range from 0.1 to 1.0 mm and a specific basis weight of 40-200 g/m2 and is pileless. The adhesive coating has a grammage of 20-150 g/m2. In a preferred embodiment, the lapping of the knit (G) is formed by a combination of threads (3) in a velvet construction and threads (4) in a pillar stitch construction and includes nonrunning stitches (MB).