So I’ve started my spring semester of grad school, and boy howdy is it going to be tough. I’m taking 12 hours, which does not include the time spent that we’re required to meet with our practicum teacher for 2 hours every other week, and the practicum itself, which will take up about 10 hours a week for me. I’m also working this semester –I’m already so stressed out! Oh and I also have to present a poster in February at a state counseling conference, and I don’t know where to start on it.
Needless to say I haven’t crocheted a whole lot this past week, but I did get my sharp crochet hook in the mail from www.sharpcrochethook.com, and I tested it on an old pillowcase, since putting edgings on pillowcases is what I would like to ideally use this hook for. I don’t know what to think, honestly. The hook is very sharp, so that’s no lie.
However, I’m struggling getting the hook through the fabric. I don’t know if it’s because I’m pushing the hook through 2 layers of fabric (this pillowcase has a huge hem — you can’t even see it in these pictures because it’s so far down), or if it’s because the pillowcase’s thread count is too high to be a good testing subject. The hook is just not gliding through the fabric like it does in the promo video on the website. It feels like the hook is breaking threads in the pillowcase every time I push it through, which is not what the hook is supposed to do — that’s bad for your fabric because over time it will fray around the puncture holes and end up looking bad. Look, you can see where the threads already look messed up where I’ve pushed the hook through:
So I am unsure about this hook. I feel like the idea is really great, but for some reason the product is just not cutting it. I’ll keep trying though, and I’ll try to use it on different fabrics to see if maybe it’s just this pillowcase making things so difficult instead of the hook. Who knows, it may be my fault! It took me a while just to make these 10 single crochet stitches, so hopefully it’ll be easier on whatever I try next. I’ll let you know soon how it goes.
not your average crochet 
I’ve never done that before, but I was thinking it might be the fabric.
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A sharp hook does seem like a good idea! But maybe its just the hook is too large? Whenever I add borders to fabric I use a metal yarn needle that has a pretty sharp tip. Then I do an embroidery chain stitch around the edge and then I crochet into that. This might work well for different types of fabric though. You can try jersey, felt, or terry cloth. I’m sure there’s lots of things to do with it!
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I hadn’t thought of crocheting into embroidered chain stitches — that sounds like a great idea, thanks! I bet that will look much neater than what I’m trying to do, and not rip any of the fabric… Yeah it does seem like the hook is just too large, but I’ll try some of those other fabrics, too. Thanks so much for your comment!
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