Hello everyone. I’m about to start a new project soon and need some help choosing a hook size. I want to make some small patches for this project by crocheting them out of embroidery floss as buying custom patches is too expensive for me. I tried a couple rows with my 2mm (my smallest hook) but the gaps were too large for my liking. what size would you recommend i use? Do you have any advice for crocheting with such small materials? Hope you have a lovely day 
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maybe you could buy a 1mm? i’ve never crocheted that small so I’m not quite sure
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usually you use 0.5-0.7 i think
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I use a 1.25 when I’m micro crocheting, I have a 1mm but it seems like the embroidery floss might fall off the hook (at least in my opinion)
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Edit i think i read what you meant wrong…… lol
You wanna just make patches not color patches on a item… oof
I was gonna say you could try cross stitching it on depending on how you want it to look?
I cross stitched the eyebrows and chest coloring on my doggo
Closer image
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the patches are sorta detailed, so i feel i coyld do better crocheting (as i have little to no experience with embroidery or cross stitch). i appreciate the suggestion though (and your examples look lovely).
edit: i saw your edit now lol. no worries about it
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I use 1.00mm with my embroidery thread when microcrocheting. I also use the yarn under/ yarn over method. If you have tight tension, the gaps are non-existent.
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1.7 mmhook works great with embroidery floss for me. I’ve made earrings with it and it looks good 
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Xd i blame tiredness.. i would say you could take a leap into cross stitch its fun
I made my hoodie a pile of patches cause it had so many little pin holes from nails…
My very favorite patch yet.. i had so much trouble with the shape…
But understandable if you wanna stay with what you know… i tried crocheteting with thread and decided it was not for me.. i still do but ya i have trouble figuring out the size of hook to use too
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perhaps i could have my mom teach me. I’ll have to see how successful i am with crocheting them first lol
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I tried crocheting with embroidery floss and a 2.00mm hook worked fine for me, maybe because I have a pretty tight tension. If you feel like you need to go a lot smaller, maybe a 1mm or even smaller would work. If you feel like you don’t need to size down that much, maybe try out a 1,50mm or 1,75mm hook. I hope you can find just the right hook!
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Good luck then!
I believe a 1 mm should work out ok if you find your tension to loose with a 2mm. I reccomend buying a set with a few different smaller size so you can fiddle around testing different ones cause it really is tension and everyone’s is different.
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Idk i dont deal in micro crochet
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Embroidery isn’t very hard to learn
And it turns out great
But if you still want to do the micro-crochet route then maybe use a 1mm or a .75
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I’m mostly nervous to have my first attempt at it be on a project im really stoked for lol. also im not too sure how i would make patches with embroidery yet
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That’s understandable lol
Whatdesigns are you trying to crochet?
Edit: This is what a .75 and a 1mm hook look like next to my 2.5mm hook
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I’d double up the embroidery thread then and continue using the 2mm since those seem to be a bit bigger
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oh okay, I’ll try that (im mostly doing practice runs atm so i don’t waste the right colors lol)
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Goodluck tell me if it helps!
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