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Hooks
Back in the day, or when I was a young crocheter, I used Boye hooks. I was reminded recently that I once bought a box of their hooks, which included about seven different sized and it came in a cream plastic box with a clear plastic cover. I don’t have the box any more and only seem to have a few of the hooks. I know the Boye hooks being sold today aren’t as good at the earlier one. I did buy a master set of hooks a while back just so I would have all the sizes, with intentions of always putting hooks away. Mostly I still have them…
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Too much yarn
One thing that has remained steady over my crocheting career is my collection of yarns. I have a bad habit of starting projects and not finishing them. Several have been blankets and, until recently, my habit was to start them and run into a stumbling block. Then I would put it aside for a week or month or years…I recently went through my walk in bedroom closet and found several blankets. One of them was a beautiful piece of work in a cream colored yarn. I had no chance of completing it because I lost the pattern and have no clue about any other details. I unraveled it and was…