Carving

I have now a new Tunisian cabled crochet hook… and how did I get it? how?
hmm ?

No, I didn’t buy it on e-bay, though I looked down and low…

no, I didn’t buy it in a Local Yarn Store (yeah, I figured out what the letters stood for!), and there, no need to bother searching, no way I could find one, they don’t carry that sort of beast, less know how to use it !

I grabbed a cutter, some sanding paper, a candle and a needle, and I repeatedly assaulted a pair of cabled number 8 needles that was included in a lot of skeins at Lidl (I bought 3 lots, so I could sacrifice one pair of needles ).

At the beginning I was thinking of mutilating bamboo needles but I was afraid of wasting them and I couldn’t wait to try, those cheapy plastic ones were staring at me like “what-a-you waiting for ?” and god carving them is like digging into butter !

The hook itself is not really perfect, it’s too short for my liking and the yarn doesn’t glide easily on it, maybe a little more polishing would do, but as it is a first attempt, i’m quite satisfied with it !
I don’t know if i’m going to keep the other needle as it is or melt it into a big button (as in actual real store bought cabled Tunisian hooks) ‘cause it works pretty well to crochet cables…

Classé dans how do I ..., Cet article écrit le 03/02/08 à 04:22:46 pm par Pyo

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