Size 2 bone hook?

[Tiga]

My grandmother wants to make a sweater from a pattern she's had, oh like 40 or 50 years, but the only problem is that it calls for "sport yarn" and a "size 2 bone hook".

 

Well, she bought some Red Heart Sport. listed as a #3 "Light" and worked up some of the pattern with a "G" aluminum hook (which is a too small hook for that yarn ).

 

Needless to say, the gauge is totally off.

 

We figure if we can figure out what the modern equivalent of a "size 2 bone hook" is, we'll know what yarn to get so she can make the sweater. I think she needs to use baby weight yarn, but it's just a total guess on my part.

[AutumnWindsong]

Most of the old hooks were numbered instead of lettered. The size 2 hook is actually equivalent to the size C hook. You would need a very lightweight sport yarn to be able to use that hook. Instead of a sport weight yarn, you might try a baby yarn first with the C and see if that doesn't solve your problem.

 

Blessed Be.

[Granny Square]

#3 weight is DK weight, not Sport yarn . Sport weight yarn is the next one down, #2 weight.

 

http://www.yarnstandards.com/weight.html

[Tiga]

Thanks for the help, y'all. So, a C hook and some baby weight yarn it is!