Polymer Crochet Hooks!

Alex & me had so much

fun making & baking

our own personal hook sets!

Crochet hooks with a polymer clay handle

are quite often to find on etsy

- for ONE hook you sometimes pay more than 20 Euro!

Some hooks are really worth it

because real polymer clay artists

have made a real outstanding hook.

But even you have never worked

with polymer clay:

You can create your own art hooks yourself

- even ergonomic hooks

which often cost so much money!

This is a real low budget project,

you will need:

- Aluminium foil (for the ergonomic hooks)

- Polymer Clay (We have used the brand "Fimo")

- Nail art polymer clay sticks

- REAL cheap hook sets

(Search for "colourful crochet hook set"

on amazon, ours have only

cost 2 Euro for 12 hooks!)

- an oven

I've bought these four "Fimo" colours,

blue & purple

have even glitter within!

("Fimo effects")

By accident I've seen

these cheap nail art sticks

on amazon...

You get them in sets of 50 or 100 sticks

for a little money.

And they last for thousands of

decorated crochet hooks! :-)

(Just search for "Nail art polymer clay sticks")

First a look at the pretty hook set

Alex has made!

For this hooks you

only need polymer clay,

a hook set

& an oven!

For his handles he used a brilliant technique

by Donna Wolfe from Naztazia!

It's a real good video

if you wanna go for this technique as well!

He has used more than 2 colours

as you can see here:

 

After he wrapped & rolled this

multicoloured "sausage"

he cut it into little pieces

& attached these tiny bits

to his hook:

Then he just rolled it on an even surface...

& then they came into the oven!

(Fimo needs 130 °C for 20 minutes)

And look how happy he is

about his fabulous selfmade hook set! :-)

I was experimenting quite a lot,

none of my hooks looks the same, yay!

I will show you close ups now

& explain how I made my hooks!

Alex was so kind to help me:

The Polymer Clay Nail Art set

has included a cutter

& so he cut REAL thin decorations

for my hook handles!

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This was my first hook:

I'm crocheting most of my projects

with a 4,5 mm hook

so it needed to be an thick ergonomic one!

To save polymer clay

I wrapped aluminium foil

around the hook.

I've also wrapped together

polymer clay in purple,

neon green & neon orange...

& I simply wrapped it around

the foil & pressed the fimo

with my fingers...

And because I love flowers

I added some in the end!

I just pressed them onto the fimo!

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The next ones were really simple to do:

Basically I just wrapped the hooks

in fimo (quite thick!),

rolled them

& have pressed the tiny flowers

& smileys

on the fimo with a tweezer!

That's it! ;-)

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The next one was this flower hook:

After I've covered this hook in fimo

& rolled it to give it a regular shape

I've put little fimo balls on it:

And then I just rolled it

with my hands

on a flat surface again!

There are prettier flowers

on this planet but

for an experiment they

look pretty nice! :-)

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I really love how this ergonomic hook

feels while crocheting

& I think I will make more

of these!

I simply formed a foil ball

with my hands

and wrapped it with fimo.

Roll it in your hands

& take sharp scissors...

...you can just stick the balls

on your hook now!

In the end I formed a spike with

aluminium foil

on the end of the hook

& kneaded fimo around...

***

 Loads of psychedelic fried eggs!

I don't have progress pics

but I just covered the hook with purple,

rolled it until the shape was perfect,

added little balls of neon green,

rolled it again

& added even tinier orange balls

to the center of the green spots.

Roll it again & have fun!

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The hook on the left was covered

by Alex for me!

(I was just so much slower than him, haha!)

The other three are easy to create...

I just formed "worms" of fimo with my hands,

wrapped them around

& rolled the hook with my hands!

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If you cover the hook sizes

with polymer clay don't forget

to add the size

with a needle before baking!

(Or like Alex:

Write the sizes on the hooks

after baking with

a permanent marker!)

All these hooks were baked in the oven

at 130 °C for 20 minutes

but check the details

on the package of your polymer clay!

My friend Lisbeth has also made

polymer clay hooks

a while ago & has made these pretty

personal hooks!

She also added the hook sizes

with a needle!

It's great to inspire each other,

when you make a personal set

of hooks now as well

send me a photo on Facebook!

I will just add your work to this blogpost here! ;-)

I loved playing around with fimo,

so many possibilities!

Just experiment with your fantasy

& find out funny new techniques! ;-)

Sending love & greets:

Dada (or Julia)