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dcmerkle1 wrote
on Jan 29, 2009 8:02 PM
I am so loving the tunisian stitch. I have two hooks that someone gave me, a U.S.6/4mm and a J hook. I'm having a hard time finding them in my local craft store though. The size that they do have is just the 6/4mm. The sales clerk told me that is the only size they carry because there is not a lot of people that need then at all.

I was curious, what is the shortest to the longest size that these hooks come in? Is there a site that I can order then from?


DCMerkle


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CapnHook wrote
on Jan 30, 2009 12:43 PM

I have some afghan hooks I inherited from my husband's grandmother--some are about 9 inches long while others are about 12 inches. They are in a range of sizes. The company names stamped on them are Susan Bates and HERO. Maybe try to look for their websites.


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PaulineL wrote
on Jan 30, 2009 3:19 PM

I ordered some circular afghan hooks online, but long enough ago I forget where. They're not really circular; they just look like a one-ended circular knitting needle. They weren't very large either, just long.


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dcmerkle1 wrote
on Jan 31, 2009 11:59 AM
hookX3,

I looked at the susan baltes site and it seems that they offer the circular ones like pauline was talking about. I haven't tried HERO yet, but will later today.


Pauline,

The circular ones that you are talking about seems that they are for the bigger projects. Like if you were going to a one piece throw. I may purchase just one to see if Ican work with them.


Thanks to both of you for responding.


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tunecro9 wrote
on Apr 21, 2009 8:21 PM

hi i am trying to learn the afghan stitch or tunisian crochet but cant seem to find patterns for beginners.. can you help?


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crochetinTrucker wrote
on Apr 29, 2009 7:58 PM


yarn-and-threadbylisa.com has a pretty good assortment of afghan crochet hooks!


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JacquelynD wrote
on Apr 29, 2009 10:24 PM
Try these sites http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/tunisian_crochet.php

http://www.chezcrochet.com/page2.html


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