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Addi comfort grip hooks & a giveaway

One of my favorite local yarn stores has sadly announced that they will be closing the store because of what's been going on in our economy.  It's sad because I really like that shop, it's close to a shopping/entertainment center, but still has that main street sort of feel to it.

After (yet another) dentist appointment to finally get a crown on my tooth, and right before I had to pick up my little boy from preschool I stopped by to see if they had any hooks left. I guess depending on the way you see it, luckily there aren't a bunch of crocheters, so there was still a good amount of hooks left.

I have some of the addi comfort grip hooks already, but I thought I'd fill in the gaps. I couldn't remember exactly which ones I had, so I bought some of the smaller ones, and some of the larger ones.  Unfortunately, I was hurrying and didn't go over the hooks to make sure there weren't doubles and ended up purchasing 2 5.5mm/I hooks. 

Fortunately for you, I have no reason to have 2 of the same rarely used hook size, so I'd like to give it away :)

Here are the rules:

• Leave a comment.
• Comment on what your favorite hook (brand and size would be nice) is.
• Do this by April 16th 10pm PST.

Thanks for participating!

look what's come in the mail! (and a flower blanket pattern update)

Almost everything in this post, save the flower blanket :)

I ordered some new steel hooks, I'm hoping this will be the impetus needed to get started on some doily things for my mom's Christmas gift.

Then the lovely Sublime Stitching Sexy Librarians embroidery pattern, oh, and secretaries, I keep forgetting the part about the secretaries...

Then the organic veggie tote from Ravelry that I've been coveting, and was so lucky that I checked on Sunday when it was in stock and that I had the paypal funds to swoop it up!

Finally, here's more progress on the flower blanket, I'm planning on the pattern being done by the end of the week.  Not like I have that many days until it's over ;) but really, if I can get off the computer and get to it, it may be finished up tonight since now I only have 1 petal to connect & then a quick go-round the border and voila! it'll be done!

So let's talk hooks...

What do you like to use?

These are my absolute favorite to use, the Hamanaka Raku Raku, but I haven't used them much lately.  I've been known to start a project with them, but then I end up using my Clover Soft Touch hooks when I take the project mobile.  I just can't replace these very easily, and don't want to have to, so I have 3 G hooks from Clover that are in the usual rotation. 

I did end up getting some of the Crochet Lite hooks because I thought they were kind of neat, but wasn't sure when I was going to use them since I don't like how squeaky plastic/acrylic hooks are, but they come in handy!  I used one so much while I was making my niece's blanket that I actually needed to buy replacement batteries.  Pretty much because most of the time that I was working on it was on the way places, like to a Lakers game, or to visit my aunt, or to Sea World and then ended up in the dark on the way back home.  I still don't think I'll use them for amigurumi, but for looser things they seem to be okay in a pinch.

So that's all for now, there'll definitely be more discussion about hooks since I like to try out different ones frequently.