Equal Time for Susan Bates Hook Lovers

[hooklady]

Since the poll on Crochetville of favorite hooks shows about the same number of Boye and Bates hook lovers, I didn't want the Susan Bates hook lovers to feel left out so I added a blog entry on vintage Susan Bates hooks.

 

 

Enjoy.

[MaryPat]

Holy cow!

[celiawinters]

I am a Susan Bates lover also and for me, forget Boye. I am doing a crochet class at my church beginning the end of January and my instruction sheet for supplies are NO Boye hooks at all. Do not like those things at all!!!

[ZoeZoesmom]

Ahhhh, I started with Boye and after some questions I asked here I picked up a set of Bates, much better for me. To each their own, but holy cow thats alot of hooks!

[Peggy85225]

How beautiful is that for the Bates lovers?

[hmcquigg]

WHOA! That is ALOT of hooks!! Nice collection!!

[Schmetterling]

Wow, that is awesome!! Very neat caddy too. Is there a story behind the collection?

[rascalsmom]

Did anyone else turn green with envy when they saw that picture??

 

Thanks again, Emily, for the steel hooks....I love them, and my collection is *almost* complete!! Just have to fill in with a couple of aluminum ones....

[HappyOldCro]

I am drooling...

How beautiul that all looks.

I want to play with yarn at your house, .

[Gran]

Thank you! 'Tis a lovely entry indeed.

[The_Virginia_Hooker]

Droooool.....

 

Very pretty.

[CraftyZone]

What a great crochet hook collection. I love Susan Bates hooks because there more rounded and don't tend to snag the yarn been using since I was nine. I also have her hooks with bamboo ends to them and several collections of bamboo hooks all sizes and lenghs. When they came out with bamboo handles I found I could crochet longer with them. I notice some bone hooks too in it my mom use to crochet doilies by the hundreds when I was kid. Thank you for sharing.

[angelsmith52]

That is an awesome site to behold!!!!!

[DawnofMarch]

I myself am pretty fond of the Susan Bates hooks. Boye Hooks just don't work well for me. I think it may have to do with how tight my stitches are.

[mva5493]

I am a boye hook user, but I noticed that I have one of the hooks in the top tier. It is the cream color with red around the rounded tip. I had wondered about this hook (it was given to me by an elderly neighbor who had "inherited" it from a friend whose aunt had passed away. Erma (my neighbor) was a knitter, and the friend gave her everything yarn related, more than 25 years ago. She passed to me all of the crochet hooks some yarn and a few pair of knitting needles as well.

 

Thanks for the picture, and wow that's a lot of hooks!!