Crochet Hooks

Crochet hooks are the necessary tools for the craft of crocheting. These are needles with a hook on one end to convert the yarn or thread in to a crocheted piece. Usual materials used to make crochet hooks are wood, plastic, aluminum and bamboo. Steel hooks are used for crocheting with thread, or very fine yarn. They are broadly used to do bead crochet

There are different size of crochet hooks are available. Usually the size is given as millimeters of different letters. Size of the crochet hook will affect the size of the crocheting. So, it is important to have the correct hook size.
The crochet hooks are sized in 3 different system. (1). UK (2)USA/Canada (3)Metric system.
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A crochet hook has the head and the body. The head part has the throat which hold the yarn from slipping also holds the last loop. The holding pad is in the body of the hook. It is a flat place to hold the hook. . Also there is a picture for the hook conversion chart added in the featured section below.

Other uses for crochet hooks: Crochet hooks are used to maintain dreadlocks Knitters use it to pick up the dropped knitting stitches They can be used to thread a drawstring through the casing. Instead of using a pencil to pull up the hair, you can use a crochet hook http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Crochet_hook