Favourite Hook Size?

[Miss Crochet]

Just out of curiosity, which size hooks do you use most often? I just noticed that my only remaining F hook (since the airplane ate my other one) has a discoloured patch on the shaft - I've worn the colour off with (over)use

 

So my top two hook sizes are:

F (3.75 mm) for cotton

and

H (5 mm) for general acrylic

 

How about you?

[nicolep]

My most used hook is a bamboo Crystal Palace size I.

 

That is the most used right now anyway. It varies some between size G through I depending on what I'm currently into.

 

The difference between people is funny. I work with a lot of cotton, but size F has to be my least favorite. I crochet pretty tight though and usually have to go up a size or two on hooks.

[kittyloverdeb]

H used to be my favorite but lately I seem to be using J's and I's more.

[kookaloo_starr]

5mm and 1.5mm are my favourites

[Tampa Doll]

G7 and F for cotton and acrylic

Size 7 steele for thread.

[CLLinda]

H is my favorite. And my favorite hook is a Susan Bates Bamboo and aluminum hook. That's all I will use.

 

[jenny]

F is my favorite. I'm using H now to make a round ripple because I crochet to tight.

[cat3crazy]

F hook! Since I use it for almost everything, I have multiples of that size.

[chessie]

My trusty size 7 Boye hook.I have used it so much I have worn the shine off of it

[darski]

I truly don't have a favourite. I use so many weights of yarn that I have to adapt to what is needed for the project. I do tend to the larger sizes from 5mm to 7mm because I like a drapey fabric for most stuff.

[~Kel~]

If single stranded I is my fave double stranded L or M are my faves, though I've used my H a lot lately too

[crochetluvknot]

Im faithful to my H hook the most

[Gran]

Hmmm, depends on what I'm working on.

 

00, B, D, G, and J are popular with me.

 

But, then F, I, and K can be, too.

 

And.....

[pineknott]

my favorite hook is an H,it has 3 spots where the color ( gold ) has worn off

[gumby28]

I don't know that I have a favorite size. I tend to use the H and G most often.

[Pyroteca]

My favorite hook size is an I hook. It was the size of hook that I learned on, and I use it with WW yarn, even when the pattern will often say to use an H hook. I have my great-grandmother's I hook, and it is the absolute favorite of the lot. I also really like my light purple Boye I hook, and my recently acquired (thank you DH) Crystal Palace Bamboo I hook.

[GreenFuzzer]

My hooks are like my children I can't pick one over another. However the steels I think are like the neighbors bratty kids and I just can't take to liking them for more than a few minutes at a time and only once in a blue moon.

[Heather414]

My "H" hook is my absolute favorite!

[fc1123]

I truly don't have a favourite. I use so many weights of yarn that I have to adapt to what is needed for the project. I do tend to the larger sizes from 5mm to 7mm because I like a drapey fabric for most stuff.

 

 

I'm with you on that one because I don't have a favorite it all depends on the project I love all my hooks or as I think of it each hook serves its purpose I just can't decide on what hook is my favorite

[Elle]

For thread work, I always use my trusty steel Boye size 7. I have a whole set of steel hooks and the 7 is the ONLY one I ever use.

 

For working with sport weight or baby yarn I use an aluminum Boye size F. For knitting worsted weight yarn, for clothing I use either a G or an H, and when it comes to my afghans, my aluminum Boye size J or K are my favorites, but I will use other sizes if necessary, and for the shawl pattern that I designed and wrote myself, nothing will do but my aluminum Boye size N.

 

I have duplicates, triplicates and more of every size hook there is except my aluminum N. If I ever lose that hook, they're going to have to put me away because I'll lose my mind along with the hook!

[SlowCrocheter]

K or bigger.

[dobermama]

I find I use the I and J hooks the most except with cotton yarn it seems I use G and H the most. They seem to be the easiest on my hands. Not to small and not to large, JUST RIGHT But I use them all and they all have their own purpose at some time or other

[LoopyCrochet]

I like between a G and a I sized hook. Those are pretty much all I use:hook

[Ladykats]

Size 7 by Jimbo is my favorite but swing to the G and H easily.

[Ellie 13]

I use G for my stuffed animals and H or I for afghans.

Ellie 13