How do you hold your hook?

[niqita]

I hold mine like you do I tried the pencil hold, ya didn't work for me.

[crochetbycharlene]

Kinda like a paring knife. What's funny is, I had to get a hook and yarn to figure it out!

I hold mine this way and I haD TO GO check lol

[Angora]

i hold mine like a pencil.. thats the way my mom taught me.. i did try the overhand and found it comfortable but im too used to the pencil to switch!

[Darsa]

Yeap, pencil-grip here too, and yeap, had to pick up a hook to figure it out I've tried other ways and it makes for some interesting swatches!

[cpsmith81007]

Just like the picture! Pencil grip is awkward for me.....I guess it is all in how you were taught.

Chris

[Evilameba]

knife grip!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[homesteadingwife]

I hold mine like I would a knife. I was taught by a lady who had very bad athritis, her fingers where lapped over each other. And that is how she held her hook. She was my great great great aunt and I was 7 at the time. She only taught me to ch, SC, and DC, everything else is self-taught.

Blessings,

Lynn

[sailormoon]

I'm a *fairly* young 'un (30) and I use the pencil grip, tho if I am working with two strands my hand gets tired and I switch to the knife grip. It's funny, I actually find the pencil one is better for my arthritis because it hurts my hands more to have all my fingers wrapped around the hook. I'm learning to knit and boy howdy, does it hurt to hold those needles!

[AutumnWindsong]

I hold mine overhand like you. I crochet very well, and VERY fast. I can make a toboggan hat for a grown man in 45 minutes or less.

 

Blessed Be,

[***Joy***]

I hold mine like a pencil, am a lefty, and I am currently using the same hook!

[Raccoon]

I hold it like you do. I read once that the pencil grip is faster. So I tried it, and it probably would be the way to go, but for me it would take a looong time to relearn. Its just quicker to go with what you know.

[Beknic]

I hold it the overhand way. My Grandmother taught me to crochet, and she held her hook the pencil way....I just found it too awkward. Every now and then I have a go at the other way, but it just doesn't seem to work for me.

[allieliz]

Like a knife, just like my mom.

[ChiMom79]

I guess mine is the steak knife way. I tried the pencil grip but just couldn't work with it. LoL!

 

[kbieze]

I hold mine like you hold yours.. My grandmother taught me to crochet when I was 7 or 8 years old.. I have never changed how I hold my hook.. Funny she holds hers like a pencil. Not sure how I ended up holding mine diffrent

[shelly_bean]

Pencil, the knife grip hurts my wrist. My mom holds it just like i do too. where I learned it from. lol