How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook

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How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - closeup of the hook in use Once I wanted to crochet a micro amigurumi, but I did not have a thin crochet hook at hand. I got the idea to make this crochet hook myself from a needle. It's not difficult at all and will cost you almost nothing.

Total Time: 25 min

Supplies:

1 thin hand-sewing needle
1 plastic non-hollow stick with a diameter of not more than 1 cm, a length of about 10 cm, I used a handle from a broken comb
1 empty pen refill
1 pen
wire cutters
metal nail file
pliers
lighter
saw
awl
petroleum jelly
hot glue

Steps:

Using wire cutters very carefully cut a piece of the eye of the needle on one side.

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - clip out part of the eye

Using a metal nail file form a hook.

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - use file to form hook

Now you have to make a comfortable handle. Make sure your plastic stick is sharp at one end. Sharpen it if necessary.

Holding the needle with pliers, heat the opposite side of the hook. Carefully insert it into the sharp end of the plastic stick. Repeat this several times until the needle fixes well and deeply.

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - heat opposite end of needle

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - inserted into sharp end of plastic hook

Gently sand irregularities on the plastic stick. Basically, the hook is ready, and you can start to crochet. But since your hook is very thin, you need to make a cap for it.

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - sand any irregularities on plastic stick

Heat the awl a bit and expand one side of the empty pen refill.

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - using awl to expand one end of the empty refill

Put the extended end of the pen refill on the hook and cut off the excess, leaving 1 cm above the hook. Heat the end and squeeze it between the pliers. Round off the end. The inner part of the cap is ready.

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - forming the cover

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - cover over the hook

Saw off a piece of the pen a little more than the inner part of the cap. This will be the outer part. You have to fix the inner part of the cap inside the outer part using hot glue. So that the hook can be easily removed after the hot glue has hardened, lubricate the hook handle. To make it easy for you to remove excess hot glue, lubricate also on the outside of the outer part of the cap.

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - pen cut to length

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - hook next to outer cap

Insert the hook into inner part of the cap. Then squeeze the hot glue into the outer part of the cap on both sides and quickly insert the inner part of the cap with the hook into the outer part.

How to Make a Thin Crochet Hook - hot glue inner to outer cap

Wait for the hot glue to harden. Then remove the hook, remove excess glue and round off the edges of the cap. Your tiny hook with a comfortable handle and very durable cap is ready. Now you can start crocheting.