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Double-ended crochet hooks

It occurs to me that if I had a crochet hook with a hook on both ends, then it would be so much easier to fix a ladder that has both knit and purl stitches. Each time a purl stitch sat on top of a knit stitch or vice versa, all I'd have to do is slide the shaft through the stitch and work with the hook on the other end, instead of having to secure the stitch I've already go a hold of and keep from losing it while I pull the hook out, flip it around, and then try to reinsert it from the other side of the fabric.

I found references to fancy rosewood hooks for Tunisian crochet, but is there a source for basic double-ended hooks comparable to the single-hooked variety found in all the stores?

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Harlan Messinger
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Here you are Harlan Messenger.

The first link is for wooden hooks. The other link shows various other double ended hooks, just scroll down half way. .

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Bernadette

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Harlan Messinger

OK, here are 3 more sites that carry less expensive ones.

They start at under $4 and there is quite a choice - have fun.

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Bernadette

A bit of dowel from a hobby or craft store, a utility knife, a bit of sand paper and you can make your own in a matter of minutes. A hack saw blade can facilitate making the hooks. I also make little crochet hooks about 2 inches long with the "handle end" pointed like a knitting needle that double as cable needles.

If your (husband, son, uncle, father, boyfriend) loves you, he will run out to his shop and make you a full set in time for the Spring Equinox : )

Aaron

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<agres

Hi, Aaron. Nice to see a fellow *man* here. :-) (Assuming you're not a woman named Aaron.) Anyway, my ex-husband was not the handy one in our household!

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Harlan Messinger

Well, if you are the handy one, then we can just plunge into the details : )

The best wood is dogwood. It was the traditional wood for making loom and spinning wheel parts that contacted yarn. I use prunings off the two little trees in my yard, harvested during dormancy. (Dowel from the hardware store, lumber yard or hobby shop works just fine.) These days you can also buy fancy woods off the internet.

I cut to length with pruning shears, split, and whittle blanks with a utility knife. Then I tie bundles of the blanks together so that they dry straight. (Dowel is already dry and does not need this step.)

Then I whittle and sand the blanks to final shape, block out the "hook" with fine hacksaw blade, and sand smooth. Very smooth. Some get a tung oil finish, some get just satin wax, and some just get a mix of bees wax and furniture polish.

For gansey knitt> > A bit of dowel from a hobby or craft store, a utility knife, a bit of sand

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<agres

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Harlan Messinger

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