Favorite brand of hook

[RachelChochet]

What is your favorite brand of hook? For me personally it's Susan Bates although I like the Lion Brand hooks as well.

[crochetluvknot]

for aluminum i like bates over boye and for wood i like the ozarktwist from ebay i dont care for plastic ones though i do have a set of them just in case..

[Redheart]

My new favorite is Clover. They have the wide thumb rest that is easy to grip. I was putting soft pencil grips on my aluminum ones. I don't use the Brittany wooden ones because the fancy handles dig into my pinky. The Clovers are more expensive, but you have to have the right equipment to do a good job.

[niqita]

I love my Bates hooks but I also have a couple of Boyes that I use.

[planetjune]

Susan Bates is my favourite

[LI Roe]

My favorite brand of hooks is Susan Bates, the yarn seems to flow better than the Boye hooks for me. I also like the Crystallites, however, the larger the hook, the sturdier it is.

 

LI Roe

[catsncrochet]

Susan Bates

[OnyxArtWorks]

I have a few Lion Brand, a full set of Boye (non-steel), a couple Susan Bates, and a full set of Crystallites. I have tried wooden hooks, but I haven't really been able to justify the cost of them.

[PBLKNP]

Boye hooks (aluminum). I detest plastic hooks...wood is okay, but I much prefer aluminum.

[yarncat]

Turn of the Century

[caf58]

i love the clover.

[vonnie]

I use Boye for my smaller steel hooks, I also like wood hooks for my larger hooks. I have several the Bill at Turn of the Century made me, they are custom ones with little rings at the top that wiggle when you crochet. He made me two and I have a few of Graydogs from ebay. I love the custom hooks. Here is a picture of some of the ones I have with me, the expensive ones are at home.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u128/vonn1e/IM001282.jpg

[MsSuzKelly]

Bates, definitely!!

[Grifter]

I love my Turn of Century hooks! They are gorgeous, and feel very comfortable. Sadly, my dogs love them even more than I do, so I have to replace the ones they chew every so often!

[Me&P]

Ozarktwist, hands down.

 

Boye for aluminum.

 

Steel, I don't really care.

[Loveragdolls]

I enjoy the grip on the Skacel Addi color coded hooks. They are easy to hold

[angelfire]

I enjoy the grip on the Skacel Addi color coded hooks. They are easy to hold

I agree these are my absolute favorites. I bought one to do a project a couple months ago and now I want an entire set:c9

[CrochettingMama]

When I used aluminum hooks it was Boye.

DH and I make our own wood hooks and I love my cherry or sassafras wood hooks.

[CLLinda]

Susan Bates is my favourite

 

 

Mine too.

 

They are just so much easier to use than boye. I guess it is just personal preference and what you get used to. I learned on boye. But I only buy Bates now.

 

[cgd]

I also like the Clover Soft Touch hooks. For other aluminum hooks, I prefer Bates, but I do like Boye Balene plastic hooks.

[disneypal]

I also like the Clover Soft Touch hooks.

I eye those everytime I go yarn shopping. I keep thinking about getting one to try out but not sure if it will work well for me because I hold the hook kind of funky

 

I have always used Boye hooks and I just love them - I have a set that I bought when I was a teenager and I had them a long time!!

 

I love to knit with wooden needles but I've never tried a wooden hook before.

[wammytammy]

For steel hooks I prefer Boye, for the aluminum I have to have my Quicksilver(Bates) for big hooks I like the lucite bates.

[pigtailninja]

I hate a heavy hook, so I always use aluminum bates hooks. They're one of the only brands at Joann's that are the straight-cut hook rather than having tapered ends. Can't use the tapered ones. ^-^

[Hookerangel]

Where I live there is not a great selection of hooks - mainly Aero (smaller sizes are steel and larger sizes are plastic) of which I have 2 complete sets (gifts when I was in my 20s). A few years ago DH bought me some beautiful hooks from USA - handmade wooden with angels and sunflowers painted on them and my name AHH!!! I only ever used one of them and a piece broke of it so I am afraid to use them now. Recently I purchased some Boye aluminium hooks from ebay and I think they are absolutely amazing. No matter where I use them people comment on them because of the colours - the AERO hooks are all grey.

[nucki]

I used almost nothing but Boye 'till we moved here. Then I bought a few of the AERO's, because I needed a different size. The shape of the AERO's are pretty much the same as Boye.

 

But then last year I found an online store that ships to the UK and I bought myself a set of Susan Bates aluminum. I use nothing BUT those now!!!

 

Although I have to say, if I had to pick just one of my hooks, it would probably be the one and only Jimbo hook that I have.