Crochet Hook Size 7

Hmm . . . the only time I can recall seeing crochet hooks with a number instead of a letter are on the really tiny metal ones, the kind one uses for doilies. Curious!

Karen in MN

Hi Karen,

Me too, but then again the gauge I have is an old Susan Bates metal one and maybe they don't make that size any longer.

Hugs,

Nora

Higs, Katherine

size 7 is a stainless steel one ,I have one and the end of the needle is real small.

Stella

Hi Stella,

That's what I thought it would be too a steel one and not one for making the hat that Katherine did. Oh well, I'm going to use the H hook.

Hugs,

Nora

Yep, I have two, both old, Hero's... Hugs, Noreen boye still makes them, but you have to LOOK....

Odd, my conversion chart shows that a size 7 is quite thick - thicker than a G.

Higs, Katherine

Nora,

Going by millimeter measurement, a 7mm hook would be above a K. Perhaps an L? I don't have one on hand, so can't check for you. I know they make them, though they're hard to find. N's, P's, and Q's are easier to locate.

By the numbering system we use here in the states, it would fall exactly between a G and an H.

Knitting needles in size 7 (UKor US standard) would be 4.5mm in diameter, which would equate to a size G hook diameter.

Another possibility is that the pattern was designed before the major manufacturers really standardized the measurements. I have an old Gem hook that's listed as size I/9, but it's 6mm in diameter. Every hook I see now that happens to be 6mm in diameter is a J/10. If this is the case, then the pattern may actually call for an H.

Size 7 steel hooks (no letter) are made, but I'm certain they're too small for anything except crochet cotton thread. It's the steel hook size we tended to run out of most often at Hobby Lobby, and it's also the one I use most often, unless I'm crocheting with sewing thread (13/14 steel one for that).

I guess the best thing to do would be see if the stitches in any examples are fairly tightly placed together, or loose and "floppy". If it's floppy, go with a hook around the L or so. If not, just keep trying from G and on up until you find a hook that matches your gauge. Personally, I'd start with the H, as it seems to be what my gut tells me is most likely.

Anastasia

---not that you'd really need to be told all that last bit, but I added it because who knows who might check the archives for this later on?

Yep, that's what I thought, Anastasia.

Higs, Kather> Nora,

I have a set of aluminum crochet hooks from the UK with a size 7 being fairly thick. I only use these and don't use the plastic US hooks, but according to the conversion chart I have, a size 7 is equal to a G, or is

HTH.

Shelagh

I have one, although it is not labelled, I figured out the size by using my handy-dandy little knitting needle/crochet hook gauge. It is made of ivory (I think, looks more like ivory than bone) and was inherited from DH's grandmother.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Hi Anastasia,

Thanks for the great explanation. I'm using an H hook for the hat and there wasn't a gauge given for it. It looks about like the pattern, the only thing I may do is add some extra rows to make it a little longer.

Hugs,

Nora

Hi Nora

Just checked the crochet hook conversion and a 7 is a 4.5mm hook. I know I have one and even a 7 as I got some from my aunt. I would probably use the H as it won't make much of a different.

Darlene in Toronto

Here is a conversion chart. A US7 is a 4.5 mm, readily available.

Roger

these are in our UK vocabulary, would you like one then? I can send you a seven Nora

higz cher

our seven is a thick one, next size up from a UK 8 which is 4mm higz cher

I agree with you Katherine, My conversion chart shows it as a 4.5 mm

Thank you for posting this, Roger! I have a conversion chart around somewhere that I got years ago... but I think it's in hiding with some of my pattern books. It's good to have a conversion chart handy!

Gem>> Hi Everyone,

Nora !!