Hello Dora
Sounds like a Tunisian crochet hook. You make lots of imcomplete
crochet stitches, leaving the last loop on the hook/needle each time
and then another row to cast them all off.
Brenda
On 13 Feb 2009, at 01:02, Dora Northern wrote:
I have a crochet hook on one end and the sha
Just to show off.
I have a crochet hook on one end and the shape of a knitting needle on the
other..so when i get fed up with knitting I just use the hook. Quite fun and
more exciting..
Just thought you might be interested
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There used to be TWO sets of sizes for British crochet hooks.
The bigger ones for use with knitting yarns were the same as the old
British knitting needle sizes, The steel hooks for use with finer
crochet cottons had a different set of sizes although the two sets of
numbering did overlap a bit
>
> 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 all. Many of the conversion charts didn't have imperial only
metric But Sue and another lady, I think Jean found two that did. But I had
already gone out and bought 6 new ones :-( Still I was surprised how cheap
they
were. You are a great bunch of ladies. Nothing seems to much tr
Vivienne save your money!!
Is this what you were looking for??
http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/info/crochet-hook-conversion.html
http://www.crochettreasures.com/conversion.htm
http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/includes/chart_crochethookconversion.php
The Canadian/UK seem to be the old imp
Vivienne
This website does imperial to metric conversion too:
http://www.allfiberarts.com/library/tables/blcrochet.htm
US UK Metric
B1 14 2
B1 13 2.25
C2 12 2.75
D3 10 3.25
E4 9 3.5
F5 9 3.75
G6 8 4.25
H8 7 4.5
H8 6 5
I9 5 5.5
wrote:
From: viviennewal...@aol.com
Subject: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS
To: lace-chat@arachne.com
Cc: l...@arachne.com
Date: Thursday, 12 February, 2009, 9:09 AM
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
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
