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One of my favorite things is being able to design crochet

patterns & giving them a certain feel due to the choice of
crochet hook for the yarn weight.

Crochet is for me is transforming yarn into something

special. The way you combine crochet hooks with yarn weight
gives the finished design and project its own ease & texture.
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Table of Contents

• Page Content
• CHOOSING CROCHET HOOK FOR The Yarn WEIGHT
OVERVIEW
• STANDARD CROCHET HOOK FOR The Yarn WEIGHT
CHART
• CROCHET HOOK FOR The Yarn WEIGHT GUIDE
INTRO
• STEP 1 WHAT YARN WEIGHT DO YOU HAVE?
• STEP 2 WHAT RESULT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
• STEP 3 ANOTHER FACTOR TO CONSIDER – YARN
FIBER
• TRY MIXING CROCHET HOOKS WITH DIFFERENT
YARN WEIGHTS

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CHOOSING CROCHET HOOK FOR The

Yarn WEIGHT: OVERVIEW:

This is what you are going to learn in this article:

How there is a typical or standard suggested crochet

hook for each yarn weight (Free downloadable cheat
sheet).
Learn reading yarn labels.
How to choose crochet hook & yarn weight to get your
desired result.

STANDARD CROCHET HOOK FOR The

Yarn WEIGHT CHART:

There is sort of a typical or standard way to define what

crochet hook you should use for a given yarn weight. This will
give you the “normal” result, as I would call it. I’ve made a easy
chart for this for you to see, however I hope you read further to
get the chance to understand in more depth how you can play
around with choosing crochet hooks for the yarn weight.

CROCHET
HOOK
fortheYARN
WEIGHT
cheatsheet

Picture Written CrochetHook USSizes UKSizes

Metric(mm)
LACE 0:Lace Steelorregular Steelor Steelorregular
40 or
Thread,Coweb,
hook:
1.4-2.25mm
regularhook: hook:
2-14steelor 1½-7steelor
DENTELLE Lace,Light, B.-1regular 13-14regular
Liston
Fingering/Fingering
SUPERFINE 1:SuperFine 2.25-3.5mm B Steel:1½
or Regular:
11 D -3 10-13
Fingering,Sock,
SUPERFIN Baby E-4
SuperFino
FINE 2:Fine 3.5-4.5mm E-4 7-9
or -5
2 -6
Sport,Baby
FIN
Fino
LIGHT 3:Light 45-5.5mm

Va3 or
DK(Doubleknit),
H-8
1=9
LÉGER
LightWorsted
Ligero
MEDIUM 4:Medium 5.5-6.5mm 1=Q 3-5

(A
or 1=10
Worsted,Aran, K-10.5
MOYEN
Medio
TripleKnit(rare),
Fisherman,Afgahn
BULKY 5:Bulky 6.5-9mm K-10.5 00-3
or L=11
15 M/N-13
Chunky,Craft,Rug,
BULKY DoubleDouble
Abultado
Knit(rare)

SUPERBULKY6:SuperBulky 9mm-15mm M/N-13 00or000

or N/P-15
16
Roving
TRÉSÉPAIS P/Q
SuperAbultado
JUMBO 7:Jumbo 15mmorlarger P/Q

(7
or

Roving
GÉANT
Jumbo

YarnStandaro

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Remember to pin this chart to make sure you’ll find it the next
time you need this reference. Better yet download it by going to
the bottom of the page.

CROCHET HOOK FOR The Yarn

WEIGHT: GUIDE INTRO:

I’ve gathered the best information that will guide you through
choosing the best crochet hook for the yarn weight you’ve got.
It’s divided into these steps.

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1. What yarn weight do you have? (Learn to read yarn

labels)
2. What result are you looking for?
3. Another factor to consider – Yarn fiber.

STEP 1: WHAT YARN WEIGHT DO YOU

HAVE?

The first step for finding the result you’re looking for, is
understanding what yarn weight the yarn you’ve got in mind is.
This is really the most important factor when choosing the
crochet hook for your project.

Information given on the yarn

When you buy skeins of yarn they will have a description on

them in addition to just their name. This includes:

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Length/yardage.
Weight of the skein.
Yarn weight (read more about this here).
Suggested knitting needles or crochet hooks (see chart
above or download).
What type of fiber the yarn contains.

The length describes how long the yarn is, something that
your crochet pattern also might give you the information about.
If you decide to change your yarn to another than suggested in
the pattern this information will be important.

But you don’t necessarily need that information, the yarn

weight and the weight of the skein might be enough in mots
cases. If you have a type of yarn with the same yarn weight &
enough skeins you can easily change the yarn. However test it
against the crochet patterns gauge (ease) first.

Then lastly, the crochet hook & knitting needle

suggestions. These are included as a suggestion & can be
handy as a reference. However I will always suggest that you
use your crochet pattern suggestions in comparison to yarn
and gauge when you start crocheting. If you however are
making something without a pattern, use the suggested
needles to make a finish that is neither to hard and tight or too
loose and widens a lot.

100%Wool
YARNNAME

100gr-65m(+/-5%)
10-12mm/US15-17

SUPERBULKY

A illustration of the information given on a skein of yarn.

Related: How to calculate yardage.

Related: Learn more about gauge.

Also related: Yarn weights: This encyclopedia is all you need.

Resource: Changing yarn – see resources page.

STEP 2: WHAT RESULT ARE YOU

LOOKING FOR?

When you’re following a crochet pattern you might find that the
designer has made a choice not to follow the suggested
crochet hook from the yarn label. You might actually find a
much larger crochet hook. Other times it’s the opposite,
however not that often. The result you’ll find is:

Crochet hook in the same range as suggested for the

yarn weight: “Normal finish”.
Crochet hook smaller than suggested for the yarn
weight: “Tight finish”.
The crochet hook bigger than suggested for the yarn
weight: “Lace/loose or stretchy finish”.

The Summer Sweater Crochet Pattern

Designing; choosing hooks & yarn

When you are going to crochet something without a crochet

pattern you have the freedom to do whatever you’d like. It`s
like building something from scratch & there is few limits to
what you can make. If you are new to crocheting on freehand,
there might be a few trial and error before you know exactly
what combination that gives you the best results. With enough
test you will get the result you had in mind. Above you can see
my “Summer Sweater” (picture above) that has used a bigger
hook than the yarn suggests, & consequently the result was is
a stretchy & lace fabric. This is great for many projects.

Resource: The Summer Sweater

My own photo – from the cover of Tiny Yarn Animals – by Tamie Snow

The result from thicker yarn and thinner hooks is a much

harder and stable finish as I said. This means there will be few
or no holes in the result. This is more of a finish that I see in
amigurumi crochet, where it is important with a tight result to
keep the filling inside not peeking through. I find this also
harder on the hands, because the hook will not slide as well
along when it is as tight.

Related: Ergonomic tips on how to choose crochet hooks.

Remember to download the cheat sheet to have a middle

reference for suggested crochet hooks for the yarn weight:

STEP 3: ANOTHER FACTOR TO

CONSIDER – YARN FIBER

How tight or loose a your crochet result is, also depends on the
yarn fiber. This means that there’s no all in one answer to what
crochet hook is right for the yarn weight.

When it comes to the yarn fiber, there is a big difference

between mercerized cotton & some wool yarns. A general rule
is that the mercerized cotton is more likely to make for a result
that will widen & move more, especially with if you combine
bigger hooks with thinner yarn. The opposite result you will
have with thinner hooks & wool yarn – this will be more stable
& stay in place.

What I’ve found that with wool yarns & bigger crochet hooks is
that it’s easier that the original shape will be kept more intact
even after you’ve used what you made for a longer period,
rather than when the same product is made with cotton. A
great example is the summer sweater that was pictured above,
but made with wool yarns. However for cotton sweaters (or
other products) made with bigger hooks you can focus on
keeping the shape by shaping it after it’s washed.

TRY MIXING CROCHET HOOKS WITH

DIFFERENT YARN WEIGHTS

So now it is up to you to set this into practice. This can be

hugely fun & creative. However if you are new to crocheting
you can start of with some of my crochet designs. It’s up to
you. As the short description said:

Big crochet hooks & thin yarn will give you a

stretching finish, while a small hook with thick
yarn will give you a harder more stable finish.

If you decide to practice, keep this reference cheat sheet in

hand to get the best results:

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