The absolute best for me! They are much better size marked than crochet hooks and also have the advantage of any number of little needle gauges that you can use to determine size if you can’t find a mark. My conclusion: needle sizes weren’t marked very well up until roughly 20-25 years ago, or maybe I didn’t buy any and just missed updated markings?Īnd we won’t go into knitting needles–that’s my preferred craft–and I have many (way too many?)–probably 90% interchangeable circulars. and giant plastic hooks with no markings at all, but 9/16″ shaft, so probably would be a 20-25 or larger. I also have 1 aluminum afghan needle 8 – 5.00mm and one 10 – 6.00 mm. I have a much newer Knit Picks double ended aluminum set of 4, marked 2-3mm, 3.5-4mm, 4.5-5mm and 5-5.5mm. Consequently, make sure you have G6 (4mm) and H8 (5 mm) crochet hooks in your possession as these are the most popular crochet hooks to use. So for example if the label says to use a 4mm-5mm hook, Ill try a 2mm one. What is the most popular crochet hook size Most of the patterns are written for light and medium weight yarn. I have 2 each of H, I, and K, and one has only the letter, the second has letter and mm. What size hook should I use if I scale up this pattern to a 4 yarn weight My rule of thumb for amigurumi is to use a hook appeox 2mm smaller than the smallest one suggested on the yarn label. Can’t find the M hook, but I think I have one somewhere. All of these have only a number no letter or mm. Some of them have the price on them (19 cents, 25 cents, LOL). Most I bought back in 1959-60’s, with some inherited later from my MIL. This is very interesting! Prompted me to take an inventory of my hooks. I looked at several mind-boggling tables online before I decided to put together my own very clear chart with the information you need to visually choose a crochet hook for the weight of yarn you have. But how do you know what size hook to grab depending on the yarn you have at hand? The first thing you’ll need when starting to crochet is a hook. I compiled this data from the Craft Yarn Council and The Happy Hooker.Ĭlick here to download this chart as an image.Because it works well with most commonly-used yarns like the worsted weight varieties. Size H-8 (5mm) hook, an aluminum medium-sized crochet hook, is highly recommended for beginners. For a 6.5 mm hook, you could use worsted or bulky yarn. Size H-8 (5mm) hook, an aluminum medium-sized crochet hook, is highly recommended for beginners. For a 5.5 mm hook, you could use DK or worsted yarn. For each hook on the edge of a yarn weight, you could use the yarns on either side of the line.
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