Post a picture of your grip style

[jimbo]

This is such a fascinating topic, and at the suggestion of some others, i'm attempting here to start a collection of photos showing all the different grip styles. And i thought i'd break the ice by showing you one of mine. The bandaid is there just as a prop.

 

 

 

(see, i TOLD you i don't crochet!)

Please add yours below.

[donnalynn2]

Here's mine:

 

 

I don't like shorter hooks because they rub against my palm... I like longer hooks that extend past my wrist a bit...

 

Ok, after watching myself crochet today I realized the pic above of me is incorrect. Weird huh? I'll try and take another pic and post it.

[Pink]

It is going to be interesting to see how many different grips there are

[mimi_mia]

My grip is the same as Pink's

[irikel]

Mine is also like pinks!

[mjett37]

My grip is like donnalynn:hook

[shella85222]

Here is mine.... Sorry my needle is a dark color. Hope you can see it?

 

[xmaystarx]

I'm like no one yet. But I don't have a digi camera to post mine, not until Christmas at least! I'll get back to you with it after then.

[threeolivemartini]

here are the ones i sent to get my hook done..

 

i will set up a pic with my new hook soon !

 

pics are clickable

 

[natcat]

This is such a fascinating topic, and at the suggestion of some others, i'm attempting here to start a collection of photos showing all the different grip styles. And i thought i'd break the ice by showing you one of mine. The bandaid is there just as a prop.

 

 

 

(see, i TOLD you i don't crochet!)

Please add yours below.

Hello jimbo

maybe this is kind of a dumb question:think , but how do I post a picture of the way I hold my crochet hook?Carol

[Katchkan]

Heres how I do it. Yup I am a Lefty.

And yes that is a thread hook. But my position doesn't change with the size of the hook

[cajunwhacko]

Here's mine. You'd think I had cats chasing my hook looking at the grip I've got on it! Oh wait, I do!

 

[fairietat2]

Here's mine. You'd think I had cats chasing my hook looking at the grip I've got on it! Oh wait, I do!

 

 

I hold mine the same way. It was the way I was taught. You're the first one I've seen to hold it like i do...awesome!

[jimbo]

Hello jimbo

maybe this is kind of a dumb question:think , but how do I post a picture of the way I hold my crochet hook?Carol

Not dumb at all Carol...I think there is a thread somewhere in here that tells you how to put your photos into Photobucket so you can post them here. Its pretty easy, and i could try to explain it but i couldn't do as well as someone (i think it's Julie) already has.

Try searching or emailing Julie and see if you can get help there first. If that doesn't work, let me know and i'll do my best to help you along.

Looking forward to seeing your grip!

Jimbo

[swapnae]

Great thread!!! I can't wait to see how everyone else holds their hooks:clap

 

Mine doesn't change with hook size...

 

[shelain22]

here are the ones i sent to get my hook done..

 

i will set up a pic with my new hook soon !

 

OOOh, beth, what kind of hook are you getting? It sounds like you have posted about but I must have missed it.....

[threeolivemartini]

Jimbo made me an awesome one out of a random fruit wood .. its gorgeous.. got it yesterday .. may do a shoot today to show off LOL

[Stacey]

Wow, it's interesting how many different grips there are!

 

(Clickable for full-size)

 

[smyz64]

I started out holding it like Anne, but I was made fun of by an old boss of mine, so I worked on it at home to mimic her.

Now it's most like Pinks, but I hold it a little closer to the top of the hook.

I don't have a digi, and I don't see myself getting one anytime soon, so hope that helps that one!

[kittylou]

Here's mine. You'd think I had cats chasing my hook looking at the grip I've got on it! Oh wait, I do!

 

That's how I hold mine, too. I pretty much hang on with my whole hand!

[wyldflrs]

Here is mine.... Sorry my needle is a dark color. Hope you can see it?

 

 

This is the same way I hold mine

[natcat]

This is the same way I hold mine

 

Hello wyldflrs !

it's nice to meet you, when I watched myself crocheting, at first I thought that I was holding my hook wrong, some time ago, however, if it's comfortable to you, or me, press on:clap !! it is not wrong. I hold my hook like shella85222 does, I use the back of my hook for a little extra support for my wrist.

 

Have A Great New Year!!

[natcat]

jimbo!! Thank you for the support I appreciate it:cheer . There is someone that lives next door to us, & when they get back from las Vegas, I'll ask them if they can take a picture of my grip style, we don't have a digital camera yet, & they do, hope!!!!

Thank You again, & HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!

[Lorrie]

 

My right hand is like this and my left hand is like this and my left hand i hold Like Swapnae. I'll have my hubby take a picture later.

[goldi316]

While my daughter was here to visit last night, I lasso'd her into assisting me in documenting my hook grip. Since my digicam can also take moving pics, and she knows how to do it, she took a movie picture of my hands while I crocheted. Neither of us realized, though, that the camera ALSO records SOUNDS, so needless to say we were both shocked and amused to hear ourselves discussing my concerns about being self-conscious and having it affect my ability to crochet (it did, to some degree).

 

It wasn't until much later - after she left, naturally - that I realized we had forgotten to take a STILL shot of my hook grip, which had been the primary goal, lol! So I had to try and do a self-portrait. Do you know how hard it is to line up a shot and click the picture on a camera with your left hand? I couldn't see around my hand to the screen, and it was seriously awkward reaching for that button to take the pic without getting my left hand in front of the camera! But, somehow, I pulled it off, though it is rather too close to the camera. Here is the result:

 

 

I've been trying to pay more attention to my grip lately, thanks to the discussions here (and the fact that I seriously covet one of those marvelous jimbo hooks!). I realized that I have a very loose grip on my hook, holding it primarily with the last two fingers of my hand and balancing it with my second finger, my index fingers tends to "float" above the hook, grabbing the yarn loop and anchoring it as I make my stitches. I also have a lot of wrist movement, which tends to aggravate the problem I've been having with the area of my arm just below the crook of my elbow. I'm thinking it might be tendonitis, but I don't know for sure.

 

Well, this is probably more than anyone needed to know, so I'll shut up now!