Hello! I was at a craft store the other day, and I was wondering about how different crochet hook choices can affect your projects (and hand pain). Have you experienced any drastic changes (good or bad) when it comes to a crochet hook you’ve used? What crochet hook is your favorite when it comes to the effects?
I’ve been using clover ergonomic hooks for a while now, and they’ve really worked wonders for my hands. A plus side is that my hand sweat is decreased with the rubber handle rather than the metal handle!
I don’t think I’ve ever used Boye, I learned with Susan Bates, and after that went with Clover. If you purchase only one or two of the more expensive hooks in the sizes you use the most, it’s not that much money and you still see a difference. The ergonomic Clover hooks are only around $10 each.
I was inspired to crochet by finding my maternal grandmother’s steel crochet hooks (for crocheting with thread). I still have them. They are in an old metal cigar tube with a screw top lid. I have Clover, Boye, Bates and possibly other manufacturers.
I actually have one wooden crochet hook that I made myself, as part of a class I took. We started with a wooden dowel and sanded it down. We used some kind of round file to make the hook part. I have no clue where it is though LOL
Same with knitting needles (the only old ones I have were given to me by my boyfriend’s late aunt and are Boye’s)
minr were also from my maternal grandmother! i feel like that fact that the hooks came from family makes them more special. maybe i will buy more in the future, but i still quite like these ones
I bought a set ranging from like 2mm to 12mm? of ergonomic hooks off Amazon for about 15$ I still use almost all of them and my crochet projects haven’t really changed since I bought these newer ones but idrk.
I use Susan Bates in-line hooks which have really helped with my hands, but I also use tapered, and I LOVE Clover Amour. The smooth metal of Susan Bates and Clover Amour is SO nice!
A while back I purchased a set of hooks from the etsy seller nerdybirdco
I use my 3.5mm hook a ton and that one I got in the style of their skull mushroom and there was a slight learning curve you could say when I first got them since they’re so much larger to hold on to, but now I’m so used to it and the large handles do help with cramping - I don’t even really experience cramping anymore with my hook hand. I love how unique their hook handles are. There are a few styles they make I wouldn’t suggest though like their spine one (it looks cool but it is a bit pointy and uncomfortable in the palm).
Clover and Prym are definitely my favorites, I find that ergonomic really helps me. I don’t really care about the head style, but I do prefer plastic/non-metal hook heads when I’m working with acrylic yarn, since it starts to squeak after a bit with the metal heads and that really annoys me and makes me not want to work on that project.
