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Monday, August 6, 2012

A giant

Two day´s ago, inspired by pictures of hand carved crochet hooks on the internet, I got this great idea: why not make my own oversize crochet hook? I was so very excited about this idea, that I went straight out on my balcony at 10 o´clock in the evening (it´s still quite bright in the night at that time in Iceland at the moment) with: a branch of a pine tree (smells like christmas :-), my cute little saw, my wonderful carving knife and some sandpaper and started working on my giant.

My mission was a success - after a while, I actually had a well working, oversize crochet hook and I still can´t believe I did it. Of course I had to test it out immediately... I used 6 strands of plötulopi & 2 strands of einband and made a classic granny. At first I had to figure out how to use this huge thing but after that it was a piece of cake and so much fun! 

Now I can´t wait to try out some other, more complicated granny´s and see how they turn out! 

My giant hook is about 20cm long and has a diameter of 2,5-3 cm

  just to show you the difference:
 
It still smells like christmas... 
 
Huge granny (27x27 cm) and a normal granny (12x12cm)

So squishy, soft and cosy... 


9 comments:

  1. Wow, Kritin, I have never seen such a large crochet hook!!
    So fun to see the photos, and I'm really impressed with the granny square you croched with your homemade hook. Great work, the crochet hook as well as the granny square!!

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    1. Thank you! So glad you like it Hilde - it´s so much fun using it! :-)

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    2. Yes it looks like fun, and I hope you will post photos if you crochet any more items with it :)

      Thanks for your nice comment, Kristin. I'm really not sure if we can buy Icelandic wool here, I can't remember seing it. But I guess it can be found in some of the larger wool shops in the nearby cities. I'll let you know if I happen to see some Icelandic wool here :)

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  2. Kristín mín... þú ert ótrúlega duuuuuugleg!!!!

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  3. Opps...
    I`ve also made one of this: http://strikkespinn.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/fra-smatt-til-stort/

    Wish you a nice sunday:-)

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    1. Those giant crochet hooks are so much fun, aren´t they? :-)

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  4. I have this desire to use the granny as a pillow. It looks soooo soft and squishy. Mmmm

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    1. That´s a great idea Kniterly! I didn´t think of that... :-)

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