Did Boye fix their N hook?

[jess315]

So, I spotted a Boye L hook and got excited thinking, because their N had always been 8 mm, that this L hook might fall into the in-between L & K size of a possible 7.00 mm. It does not, it's an accurate 8mm...

soooo now i'm curious if thier newer N hooks measure an accurate 10mm.

 

Anyone know?

[Heather414]

My Boye "N" say 9.00MM.......

 

I purchased it about a year ago, I suppose. I don't use that size too often.

[MainelyCrafty]

Hmmm.... interesting - I never noticed it until you wrote the post. I just looked at both "N" hooks that I have and the Susan Bates is 10.00 mm and the Boye is 9.00 mm. That is strange! I was given the Boye hook as a gift and am unable to use it because I can't use that kind, I end up splitting my yarn. Soon after I got my Susan Bates one, so I'm all set. But, that is strange that the sizing is off like that, huh?

 

This reminds me that when I was a teenager (in the late 70's) I had a crochet hook that was marked a 4.50 mm (a little bigger than a G, but not an H) and I loved that hook and used it for many years, but ended up losing it during a move when my kids were little. I still wonder why it was apparently available then, but not now, because I've never seen another 4.50 mm hook again. I don't remember where I got it from, but probably from my mother or grandmother.

[mama24boyz]

I love the 4.5mm hook! My Crochet Lite that I got a couple of years ago IS a G 4.5mm

[sunnywolfgar]

I have to say My favorite yarn Hook would be a size J or K as I use it often. I do use the m's, n's, but rarely use the P's ,Q's, R's S's T's U's,V's. W's,

everything bigger than a Q are all Wood Crochet hooks and big.

[MainelyCrafty]

I love the 4.5mm hook! My Crochet Lite that I got a couple of years ago IS a G 4.5mm

 

Well, at least I know I'm not remembering wrong, there is a hook that size!

I guess it is something that would have to be ordered, or maybe something I can ask for for my upcoming birthday!

[macfoo]

wow - I looked...

 

My Boye N is a 9

My Susan Bates crystalite is listed as a 10

The Susan Bates L out of the same set is listed an as 8

The Boye K I have is listed as a 6.5

 

There there is the bamboo K hook that is larger then the Boye K and smaller then the Susan Bates L. No size listed.

 

I looked at the hooks and it would appear that my Boye N (at 9.00mm) is closer to the Susan Bates M at 9.00 mm

 

I think my head hurts

[lynns]

that is strange....

[quietheart]

yeah each company does their own there, there is no standard sizing.

[macfoo]

Can say that again

 

The illuminated hooks that A.C. Moore carries (i can't remember the brand) the G was listed as a 4.5 (since I know someone had mentioned this earlier)

 

After going on a mission...

Susan Bates G - 4.0

Boye G - 4.25

[autumn_nights84]

Hmmm.... interesting - I never noticed it until you wrote the post. I just looked at both "N" hooks that I have and the Susan Bates is 10.00 mm and the Boye is 9.00 mm. That is strange! I was given the Boye hook as a gift and am unable to use it because I can't use that kind, I end up splitting my yarn. Soon after I got my Susan Bates one, so I'm all set. But, that is strange that the sizing is off like that, huh?

 

This reminds me that when I was a teenager (in the late 70's) I had a crochet hook that was marked a 4.50 mm (a little bigger than a G, but not an H) and I loved that hook and used it for many years, but ended up losing it during a move when my kids were little. I still wonder why it was apparently available then, but not now, because I've never seen another 4.50 mm hook again. I don't remember where I got it from, but probably from my mother or grandmother.

 

I use my 4.5 hook alot, I actually have two of them. If you pm me your adress I can send you one.

[magiccrochetfan]

Susan Bates currently makes a 4.5 mm hook, it's labeled as "size 7" as well as the mm sizing. It does measure 4.5 mm in my hook gauge. I got a couple recently at a Michaels store, so they shouldn't be too hard to find.

 

Sorry I have no info on the N hook:hook

[macfoo]

Just got back from Michaels and have found what I am now considering the elusive 4.5 mm

 

Anyway

Both the Crochet Lite illuminated hook and the Clover soft touch G hooks are listed as a 4.5 mm

 

As for the Susan Bates size 7 - it is part of the Silverlume line. The Michaels I visited did not have individual Silverlumes but only in sets. The sets (at least the ones carrying the G size) did not include a size 7 - but I am sure it can be found individually as I've seen it available on some crochet supply sites.

 

I guess the kicker in all of this is I now have 3 different sized G hooks (depending on manufacturer), at 4.0, 4.25, and 4.5...

 

talk about standards!!!!