How do you hold a crochet hook?

[LadyTwilyte]

 

I'm curious to see how people hold their hook. I hold it in position B. Please post A or B corresponding to the picture to show how you hold the hook

[pinknightmare]

i am a "B"!!!

[sewmom]

Count me in as a "B". . . .

[dhaunae]

Um, where's the "C - none of the above" option? I hold it a lot closer to B than to A though, if I have to choose one of those two.

[chsarrow]

I think I would be an A. I seem to hold it like a pencil.

[carrieanne]

I'm a B, I guess. But I hold mine up instead of down? Thats how I was taught anyhow, and I always notice Ido it differently.

[new2me]

Yep, I'm a B person.

[mamaoso]

Sota like the B.

[wendyb532]

A.

 

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[Cuddlefish]

A.

 

I started out by holding it like B, but when I got used to the A way, that seemed much easier. More flexibility that way, somehow.

[crochetingmom]

I hold my hook as in B, I get blisters on my pinky sometimes

 

[Katchkan]

B Most comfortable for me that way.

[swapnae]

Closer to A, but I think I need an option C to show how I hold my hook.

 

I guess I crochet loosely, but then I'm always using such wildly different material from what is recommended in the pattern, that I couldn't really say:think

[Katchkan]

I am curious. if the way we hold our hooks has anything to do with tension.

I am a B and I crochet from tight to tighter.

So if when you answer the original question would you mention if you work tight or loose.

[AidanM]

B. My G-hook work looks like my Aunt's H-hook work, and she's a fairly even crocheter. Her tension is spot on, I think.

[Woolpecker]

I think I'm the model for "A"! And I'm a pretty loose hooker !

[Cuddlefish]

Hm, I think I do it quite loosely, the A way. But I don't always use the recommended yarn and hooks either, so I guess it depends more on that, really. But I definitely prefer making something that's loose, tight stuff can really make my fingers ache.

[yarncat]

B

[new2me]

I originally answered B...here's the second half of the question...I crochet tight I think.

[Lowrancer]

C: thumb extended more and hand closed more with the needle/hook in the first knuckle joint and a padded etension on the back end of the needle/hook.

 

but closest to B:

[pcaliguire]

Well, actually I do both, but with different hands. I'm right-handed and use "A" with my right hand and "B" with my left. Works for me!

[smokeyp81]

Count me in as a B!!!

[jwamblicia]

A . I tend to crochet a bit on the tight side unless it's a treble then they always come out loose and sloppy

[Qmare]

I'm an A and I think I tend to crochet kind of loosely. I've been working on tightening up some, though.

[HeartofTims]

I'm a B. And I crochet tight.... typically have to go up 2 hook sizes compared to the recommended size, but I'm working on loosening up a little and I think I've managed to get down to 1 size up.

 

 

Melanie