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Bunny Box for hooks and shuttles

Noreen Crone-Findlay — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:23:33 +0000

I hope that you had a lovely Easter, or Passover or whatever it is that you celebrate.

Ours was lovely, although we are all so exhausted we are walking into walls……

it’s been moving week for our daughter and her husband, so we’ve been scrubbing,

sanding, priming, painting, packing, moving moving moving…. yargle………

Anyhow…. we had a lovely supper with the whole family, and afterwards, my daughter-in-law and son brought out a special little Easter treat….

the chocolate bunny was delightful, but even better…..

The lovely tin box it came in has become the home for some of my crochet hooks and tatting shuttles.

I have a major soft spot for rabbits, and as soon as my daughter-in-law and son saw the box, they knew that I’d love it. Bless their hearts!

They were right…. the box is lovely, and the rabbit is just wonderful.

I am going to enjoy keeping small projects, or crochet hooks and tatting shuttles in the new bunny box!

photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright

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Organizing Crochet Hooks

Noreen Crone-Findlay — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:27:25 +0000

On one on my email lists, people have been chatting about how they sort, store and organize their crochet hooks.

Here are a few pics of how I store mine, as well as a nifty new gadget that I really like for carting my hooks around with projects:

For quite a few years now, I have been using this plastic pencil box to carry crochet hooks and needlework tools in my purse. It’s not lovely, but it’s efficient!

Recently, my best friend gave me a set of dpn tubes for my sock knitting, and they are great.

The folks (nancys knit knacks) who make the dpn tubes also make another kind of dpn tube that is great for carrying crochet hooks:

It’s one of those incredibly simple ideas that make you go, oh yes! Clever, very clever!

At home, my hooks mostly live in clusters in various cups:

I found this painted wooden goblet at the second hand store and fell in love with it. It’s perfect for the hooks that I carve:

My steel hooks live in a small vintage pewter cup:

Crochet hooks are so beautiful they deserve to be on display!

Image Source: Noreen Crone-Findlay

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Neato- felt a crochet hook handle

Noreen Crone-Findlay — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:01:38 +0000

Clever Linda Diak at Grafton Fibers in Vermont has given a tutorial on

how to felt a handle for your steel crochet hook.

Definitely neato.

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Bucilla crochet hooks- 2

Noreen Crone-Findlay — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:48:29 +0000

Well…

the guy who broke his wife’s favorite

vintage crochet hook

had better have big brown eyes and

be incredibly cute…

because,

judging by the feedback that I have been hearing…

His chances of finding a Bucilla #3 hook

are VERY slim.

I’ve gone through all of my steel hooks

and there are a bunch of Boye, Susan Bates, tons of Milwards, Roma, Flora, Morral’s, JMRA’S, some with names worn off, and some that look to be cheap and cheerful new no-names.No Bucilla……

now I am intrigued…

I will be looking for Bucilla hooks from now on!

Would I let go of it if I found one?

To be perfectly honest….

probably not…….

Now, how big is that dog house he’s living in?

And

is his wife going to crochet him a blankie for it?

Woof?

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Bucilla crochet hooks?

Noreen Crone-Findlay — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:13:59 +0000

Just got a comment posted from a guy who’s broken his wife’s fave crochet hook….

ooooooooooh that’s baaaaaaaaaaaaad!

I hauled out as many of my steel hooks as I could quickly lay my hands on….

And couldn’t find a single ‘Bucilla #3′ among them.

That’s the hook he broke…. (what were you doing? enquiring minds want to know!)
I googled on Bucilla crochet hooks and didn’t get much happiness.

He’s offering a $10 reward, which I think is a touch light…

Can anybody help him out?

Of course, there’s always eBay…..

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