A Poll for Jimbo - holding and squeezing a hook

[darski]

This is an attempt to put the results of Jimbo's question into a poll just for a quick look-see.

 

The question is about how you hold the hook both grip and tension and then do you experience pain?

 

The original thread is here:

 

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=61104

[jimbo]

Hay that poll thing is pretty nifty! Gotta be way more accurate than my little marks on a piece of paper.

Thanks Darski!!

Jimbo

[Katchkan]

The only time I get pain in my hands is when I either do something to them other than crocheting. Or I try to work with larger hooks and yarns.

[carovan]

Ok...I voted for knife hold--loose--no pain since this is the way I usually hold my hook, but I also, just for grins use the pencil hold--loose method with occasional twinges of pain. I figure it can't hurt to know how to do it both ways, just in case I want to teach my dgd's some day and I can use which ever way works best for them.

[athena]

hehe..i think climate is a factor!

[The_Virginia_Hooker]

hehe..i think climate is a factor!

 

I think so too.

 

This weekend's cold spell wrecked havoc on my sinuses, but it also affected my fingers. I can't work on anything that involves cotton when it's cold out.

[athena]

poor thing.....

 

we have too much heat here most of the time.....

 

i have a fren whose mother almost everyweekend goes up to the highlands where the temperature is nicely hovering at 20ºC-25ºC all the time!! down here day time is around 33ºC

[KellyA]

The pain isn't in the hand that holds the hook but the hand that holds the WIP....really bothers me when I am assembling a ghan therefore the brace and Capsasin become my buddies

[Real Deal]

I use the knife hold and learned to loosen up. I stay in the H, I, J range most of the time. That is the most comfortable to me.

Real Deal

[Super Granny]

I have carpal tunnel syndrome so I know where the pain comes from...I agree with KellyA I usually get pain in the hand holding the WIP

[darski]

I have to mention that I got distracted when setting up the poll and voted in the wrong slot. I chose pencil hold when it should have been knife. Sorry, just one of those days.

[01buckler15]

The only pain I get is when I have been crocheting like a mad woman for a few days strait!

[kkms]

i do a pencil hold and i tend to hold my hooks very tight, just like i do with a pen or pencil. i have to use the cushions on ALL my hooks and i wear them out pretty quickly.

[susannahk]

Hey I just gotto say that I love all those Bamboo hooks and fancy ones out there BUT I personally NEED a flat bit to actually grip it at.

So many new fancy ones do not have a flat bit, they are all round and I can't work with that....

Mostly I don't get pain but I can go completely numb.....not good.

A touch of the Carpal Tunnel syndrome....

Steroid injections by the GP haven't worked or only lasted about 14 days...

Where can one get steel/aluminium hooks of a large size : above a K10.5 ?

In the UK the bigger ones are all plastic and I don't like that either....

[Hazlecreek]

I just started to get a pain in my hands. I don't hold the hook tight when I do my work, but I still wake to pain in my hands. If cold weather affects it then the pain I have when it 100 outside is going to kill me when it 40 out.

 

I just got some ergo hooks, but I'm not sure if I like them. I have to check out your site Jimbo.

 

BTW, I hold it like a knife.

[The_Virginia_Hooker]

Hey I just gotto say that I love all those Bamboo hooks and fancy ones out there BUT I personally NEED a flat bit to actually grip it at.

So many new fancy ones do not have a flat bit, they are all round and I can't work with that....

Mostly I don't get pain but I can go completely numb.....not good.

A touch of the Carpal Tunnel syndrome....

Steroid injections by the GP haven't worked or only lasted about 14 days...

Where can one get steel/aluminium hooks of a large size : above a K10.5 ?

In the UK the bigger ones are all plastic and I don't like that either....

 

I did a search, the only metal hooks that i see bigger thank K are Boye brand.

[The_Virginia_Hooker]

I just started to get a pain in my hands. I don't hold the hook tight when I do my work, but I still wake to pain in my hands. If cold weather affects it then the pain I have when it 100 outside is going to kill me when it 40 out.

 

I just got some ergo hooks, but I'm not sure if I like them. I have to check out your site Jimbo.

 

BTW, I hold it like a knife.

 

Jimbo's creations are . My b/f, who doesn't get the whole craft thing, was speechless when i showed him Jimbo's blog pics.

[Adreeyen]

I voted pencil, tense with pain, but wanted to mention that sometimes I just all out lose circulation too.

[Terri/LadySorce]

I use the 'Pencil' hold and at times my stitches are not loose, but they are not tight either!

My hand does get lots of pain when I am using a metal or alumiumn hook. So I do try and use a wooden hook. So needless to say, I steer clear of doilies for now =(

[alibra]

I hold my hook like a steak knife, I have never had pain in that hand, have had it in my other hand. Not because of crocheting but because of how I was sitting, now I prop my non-hook arm on a pillow and viola..no pain..!

[Ladykats]

I have found that Jimbo's hooks are the perfect fit to my hand, and the comfort they provide do not cause pain in my hands. I have used regular hooks from Bates and Boyle since I don't have all of Jimbo's sizes yet. When using these other hooks I will get a numbness in my right hand. So I know for me, Jimbo's are the best way to crochet.

[LittleJadeFrog]

I have the knife hold. I get a pain in my WIP hand usually from trying to keep the tension tighter than I normally do (making amis) and in my hook hand only from the hook stabbing me in the palm.

[amandapace]

I hold my hook like a steak knife, but pretty tight. I only get pain in my hook hand (lefty) at the end of the day if I was crocheting A LOT. However, I usually have pain in my right hand while working because I stitch tightly, so I keep mad tension on the working end of the yarn/thread. I've tried to loosen up, but then it looks sloppy to me. Of course, some of that pain may be because my right hand is also my mouse-clicking hand, and I'm on the computer way to much *shakes fist at blogs, free pattern sites, and message boards*.

Amanda

[mountainangel]

I chose pencil hold, loose, with no pain on the poll. However, actually I use the pencil hold with the small steel hooks and the smallest alluminum hooks: b,c, d, e, and f. With the larger hooks I frequently use a knife hold with more tension as I find with bulky projects I can't get enough strength to pull the yarn through with a pencil hold. As for pain, I usually get pain in the shoulders or sometimes across the top of my chest if I am crocheting for too long. My hands tend to get numb and tingly more than painful.

Angie

[kiwikitti]

The only pain I get really in my hook holding hand is from the hook rubbing up/stabbing me too much in the palm. That hurts! They just don't make them long enough...