Video tute-How 2 make handmade crochet hook
April 18, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet, hooks, how to, tutorial
When my daughter got married a couple of years ago, I carved her a one of a kind crochet hook. I wrote on it:
Wherever you go
photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright
whatever you do
be happy
and know
that
I love you…..
Guess you can tell that I adore her….. LOL!
I took pics of the process of carving the one of a kind crochet hook, and have just put them together as a video tutorial.
Remember: Always wear safety equipment and work carefully!
Carving a handmade crochet hook is a slow and meticulous process.
You will need to work carefully, using close grain hardwood that can sustain the pressure of the carving, and even more important: To be able to stand up to the rigours of crocheting later!
By the way: Be gentle when crocheting with wooden hooks! Lighten up on your tension, as you don’t want to break the hook after all that work!
When shaping the hook section, sand after every little nip of the knife, and test crochet with it frequently to make sure it is a ‘happy hook’. If it catches or splits the yarn, it’ll make you crazy, so keep working at it until the hook flows and floats through the yarn.
And, sad to say…. prepare for some ‘fail’ …… sometimes, you’ll invest hours and hours into making a handmade hook, and the stinker will break in your hands. Sigh…. back to the drawing board.
But! when you do achieve a perfect hook, it is just a treasure!
Here’s the video:
