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TOOLS and equipment

Very litlle «quipmeot is needed for crochot—all you really need i# a hook. aithough iloma auch as pins and Sharp scissors aro usoful and r#lativ#ły mexp#n»lv#. The toots montionod horo aro tho bastcs: others can bo bought aa you go akong.

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Hooka

Crochol hooka aro avałaWe in a vwłe rango of scros. shopoo. and matanala. Tho mo6i common typoo of hooks aro mado alumnom or płasUc. Smal sizes of sloO hooka aro madę •ot workmg crochol wlh vory fino colion (oft#n calod Ihrood :'OCh#t>. Somo brands of Arńnjm and Steel hooka havo - handios loghoa belter grtp (oflon calod *ooll louch* nandfcs) and mąko tho work ©aster on tho Angoro. Hancftnado .voodon and hom hooks aro aiso avalabia. many foatialng docorai handoa. Bamboo hooks aro groot to work with cecauso lhoy aro mado kom a naturo) matart* and hovo a vory amooth tnoh.

Choosing a hook is largeły a matter of persona)

proferonce.andwfidepend    . .

on various factors such as    ^h#ol“

hand size and weignt of hook. The most mportant thngs to conpdor when chooong a hook is how u leets In yoir hand and tho oaoe with whlch it worka wdh your yam When you hav© found yw pertect brand of hook. It is usoful to buy oevoral tutorom sizes. Storo your hooks in a dean Container—you can buy a fabric roi with loops to socuro the hooks. or uae a apporad pcuch aich as a coomeac bag.

Hook sizes    Aluminum hooks    Steel hooka

Crochet hooks come n a rangę c! srzes. Vpm vory 9śCk lo «ory fena. 10 su< dOerent	US	Mętne (mm)	UK	US	Mętne (mm|	UK
■ot Pcw a	k-O	1A	U	to	U	•
smtfer hook. thcfccr yams a larger hook.	B-1	Ul 4 A	13	0 t	sos 378 225
hx*s from dterent maruMcturers. and	C-2	ZM 191		2		1 1%
moee mada feom dieiont matehałs. can	0-3	»2S	10	3	3t	• —• 2
vary wktty » sce even tiough thay may	E-4	3*	0	4	30	3*
ai be brandsd n«h feta aama nuttber or	F-0	m	^m	•	to	3
tetter to ndcate their size. m addtion.	G-6 n	40 A A	0 •	0 9	to t	3* M
hook sizes aro quot#d dfferentiy in the	7 H-8	MM 60	w 0	w •	■ 03 U	4 4j
Urited States and Europa, and some	1-9	M	0	0	1A	s
brands of hooks ara labelad vMth mora	J-IO	•0	4	to	to	SH
than ona typ# of nunbartng. Many US	K-10'i	M	3 0	19	l.t t A	e
manulactumrs sr# now labelng hooks	L-lt	so	m o	i • 13	*0 0.69	•H 9
mor# prominantly with metńc song. which	M/N-13	60	00	14	075	r
shoułd load to groater standarcfeation.	N/P-15 Pro 0 8	to te u 10	000

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