Boye Aluminum Crochet Hook Set, Sizes D-K
December 16, 2018 - Comment
Boye Aluminum Crochet Hook Set, Sizes D-K (3-1/4mm, 3-1/2mm, 3-3/4mm, 4-1/4mm, 5mm, 5-1/2mm, 6mm, 6-1/2mm) features tapered throats and round tips.
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Boye Aluminum Crochet Hook Set, Sizes D-K (3-1/4mm, 3-1/2mm, 3-3/4mm, 4-1/4mm, 5mm, 5-1/2mm, 6mm, 6-1/2mm) features tapered throats and round tips.
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Are all US D/3 hooks 3.125mm or is it just this one? If you’re looking to replace some Boye hooks you owned before, I would say be sure you know what you’re getting with the D-K set on this page. When I bought this set previously, the D hook was measured and printed with the size of 3.25mm, like it is everywhere. Now, maybe Boye always sold D hooks at the size that is listed now–3 point ONE TWO FIVE mm–and they’re just now letting the consumer know; or maybe they actually changed the size of their D hooks to 3.125mm. Either way, it was…
Good enough for my purposes These crochet hooks work well, however, they’re slightly different from the old ones (why can’t they ever leave good enough alone?). The “J” is 5.75 mm instead of 6.0. The K is normal size (6.5), and I’m not familiar with N but it is 10 mm and has no point at all at top of hook. Strangely, they all have exaggerated points at the opposite end of the hook!There’s a very slight lessening of the space under the hook for grabbing yarn. But my biggest complaint is the point at…
Safe for Use on Flights I only needed a size E. Well, I thought I did – turns out I really needed the D. Anyway, at the time I bought these, they were $3.99 and same day delivery, so now I have 8 more hooks! (They are $10.76 today, which is still pretty good. And same day shipping. Woo hoo!)Most of my hooks are the Boye brand, and I love them. They are light and sturdy and smooth. I have some plastic ones because right after 9/11, it was hard to get metal sticks on airplanes (“Thirty Dead on…