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CROCHET Unravelled With Becky Skuse

WHAT’S THE PROPER WAY TO HOLD MY HOOK?

Brush up on your technique with our hook-apedia…

Whether you’re brand new to crochet or you’ve been crocheting for decades, it all starts with a hook. But are you holding your hook in the best way to achieve top crochet results, as well as avoiding aches, pains and strains? There’s no such thing as ‘one size fits all’ in crochet and every crocheter seems to hold the hook and yarn slightly differently! There tends to be two general methods though: the pencil grip and the knife grip. We’ll

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