Following mention of the Japanese crochet hooks, I was talking to a
neighbour who is an avid crocheter and coincidentally her daughter who lives
in the USA had sent her a set of 6 different sized ones for Christmas -
she'd been naughty and opened the package already. I tried one in place of
th
The shanks of the Japanese hooks seem to be round and uniform in width down
the length with a flattened bit. The clover ones get narrower towards the
end and are flat down the whole length. It probably depends on your hands
which type would suit best. The flatness of the Clover hooks is what ena
Hi
My mother was very dubious when I bought her one of the Clover soft touch
crochet hook, saying she was quite happy with her usual one. However a couple
of weeks later she couldn't stop singing it's praises. Not only is it easy to
hold but the thread slips nicely on the shaft, I would recomm
I used to do fine crochet a lot - long before I discovered bobbin lace. When
I developed rheumatoid arthritis I found I couldn't do it any more because I
couldn't hold the fine shaft of the hook and also couldn't keep the hook
from turning the wrong way up - probably because of not being able to
Most of the replies have answered you question regarding hook size for
threads.
I've crocheted everything from mohair through all the different wool
types, silks, synthetics and all types of cotton.
The specifically produced crochet cotton gives the best results, as well
as the tatting threa
try
http://crochet.about.com/library/blthreadhook.htm
Lorelei
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Hi Viv
Crocheters in the miniature world say that Venne Colcoton and it's
like work well with a .75 or .5 hook. I've used a .6 with DMC80 with
great success, and 120 with a .4, to make mats etc for dolls house
fanatic friends!
Sue in East Yorks
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I just find a hook that the thread fits in. I don't re
I just find a hook that the thread fits in. I don't remember the sizes.
Someone will probably come up with a chart on the net somewhere.
I wanted to comment that Perle cotton tends to be loosely twisted and soft. It
will split easily. You will find the crocheting going better with tightly
t
I'm pretty sure I've got a print out of one... I'll hunt it out and
bring it with me on Saturday - I'll be on Stand D2.
Basically, you choose the hook which the thread sits comfortably in -
not too loose and not so tight it doesn't fit in - but it does give you
a size or so either way.
I've
Hi Everyone
I'm dipping my fingers back into crocheting and wondered whether
to crochet with come of my lace threads.
I have only ever crocheted with
wool or with a no 20 crochet cotton for which I use a 1.25mm crochet hook.
Does anyone know where there is a guide as to what hook size to use wi
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> This isn't about bobbin lace, but I hope someone can help. A
> woman I worked with during Fro
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This isn't about bobbin lace, but I hope someone can help. A woman I
worked with during Frontier Days & Rodeo told me about a project she is
trying to finish which calls for a size 15 cro
I would try Nordic Needle (Nordicneedle.com) I haven't looked but they
carry a lot. Lorrif
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> This isn't about bobbin lace, but I hope someone
This isn't about bobbin lace, but I hope someone can help. A woman I worked
with during Frontier Days & Rodeo told me about a project she is trying to
finish which calls for a size 15 crochet hook. Do any of you have a source for
this size needle? Michaels & Hobby Lobby have already been chec
One can buy Boyle crochet hooks at Wal-mart today. Boyle is the
manufacturer. Sizes such as you describe are quite large and used with
yarn or wool (yarn might be a "Southern Thing" describing something of
acrylic or or man-made fiber rather than wool from animals. .
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virgin
"Mother-in-law gave me a large number of crochet hooks that had belonged to
her
mother... two hooks that are marked "Size H USA" and "Size K USA". On the
other side is "Boye"..." Liz
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Steel hooks are numbered (for threads), and there is an overlap (of about 3
sizes) where the aluminum h
Try the following website:
www.karpstyles.com/crochet/hook-chart.html
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
Over Christmas my Mother-in-law gave me a large number of crochet hooks
that had belonged to her mother. Among them are two hooks that are marked
"Size H USA" and "Size K USA". On the oth
Over Christmas my Mother-in-law gave me a large number of crochet hooks that
had belonged to her mother. Among them are two hooks that are marked "Size H
USA" and "Size K USA". On the other side is "Boye". The K hook is larger than
the H hook. Does anyone know how these sizes relate to the o
Hi Agnes,
Thank you. That is a great help to me!
Joepie, East Sussex.
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There are plenty of conversion charts on the internet to find the equivalent
There are plenty of conversion charts on the internet to find the equivalent
sizes for US/UK crochet hooks and knitting needles.
e.g.
www.thread-bear.co.uk/images/threadbear/Converion hooks and needles.pdf
Btw the spelling in conversion is wrong, but as per the web address
Agnes Boddington - Ell
>
> The Canadian/UK seem to be the old imperial sizes at least they
> are when I look at the few I've got!!
Yes, they are! We even had for a while conversion gauges made of metal or
plastic with graduated holes in them listing the US, CAN and MM sizes on
them. CAN equaled BRITISH.
I have a f
Thank you so much for all the help. I don't want to mess about doing sample
squares. I printed off the conversion charts some of you sent me links to,
many thanks. The problem is they are all Metric, Canadian and USA. My hooks
are
over 60 years old and are imperial. So I think I will treat m
hello lace members,
i just ordered some crochet hooks in sizes 11/12,12,13/14,,14,15, and
16 from the needle point joint (i think thats the correct name of the
company), and i started a crochet project in size 50 thread with the
size 12 hook. it is going along fine. i was really happy to find th
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