Help! I have arthritis and need a hook that will work with my hands!?
I am working an a tunisian baby blanket with a size j bates hook with the flexable expansion. The hook part is so short it hurts to hold it. I don’t want to quit, but I need to find a hook that will hold all the stitches in a row. I think a longer hook would work, but do they make them long enough to hold all the stitiches?
I don’t quite know what your particular hook looks like, but there are a number of suggestions for making things like crochet hooks, pencils, and other tools easier to grip, especially for those with arthritis or other problems, on this page at my site if you want to check it out:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/disabilities.htm
(…click on the category called TOOLS, then scroll down a screen or two to the area that discusses “handles” of various types and other things)
(…and more on just the clay handles is here:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/tools_Dremels_worksurfaces.htm
……click on HANDLES…)
Good luck!
Diane B.
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