Another hook SALE!

These four are made from that same board that my son Lance bought for me at an exotic hardwood place in Portland Oregon. If I can spell it right, it's a figured Granidilla from Mexico or South America. I bought the board because the company said this wood has a high level of "Chatoyance". And what's Chatoyance? Picture a highly polished Cat's Eye gemstone. You get the impression of seeing deep into the stone and the reflected highlights seem to move as you turn the stone in the light. This wood is like that. Trouble is, this kind of wood is very hard to photograph to show its amazing beauty. This outstandingly beautiful figured wood is very hard and is often used for musical instruments. So anyways these four are made from that same board, and are all about 7 1/2 inches (192mm) long.
The top one is an E (3.5mm)
Next two are F's (3.75mm)
and the bottom one is an H (5mm)

And they're for SALE!!

E: $35SOLD

F: $35SOLD

F: $35 SOLD

H: $35 SOLD

As before, please email me with your order. First orders get the hook(s).
If you'd like to buy, email me at

jimbocrochetwhittler@yahoo.com

Since this is a direct sale thing, there's no time limit. I'll simply edit this post to indicate when a hook is sold.

Thanks for dropping by!
Jimbo

Bullion, Deadman Crick Fir, and German Plum hooks for SALE

Next up! Something totally new. I've had lots of requests for just plain outright sales of my hooks from folks who prefer not to do the auction thing. So I've decided to try this out, and actually sell, rather than auction some hooks. This is a first for me on the blog so it'll be interesting and informative about how it goes. I guess It'll still take a little care to do because these hooks (like all of the hooks I make) are one of a kind and can't easily be duplicated. So it'll have to be first come first served I guess.

Ok so here goes. Lets look at the hooks in the picture from left to right.

First up is a really unique hand made genuine Deadman Crick Fir J (6mm) hook. This is the hook style that started me with hook making... made from a stick in the true sense of the word. I even left a good part of the cambium layer on to maintain the rustic nature of this beauty. There's even little bug holes in the handle (the bugs moved on). Ultra lightweight, smoooooooth, and totally comfy for a knife grip with that little "trigger" spot for the crook of your index finger. Oh and it's 7 1/2 inches long (19 cm).
Price: $25 SOLD

The middle hook was made especially for bullions but will work fine for regular crochet as well. What features make it a bullion hook? Well first thing you see is the shank length. Extra length to let you build up lots of loops. I did 15 with ease. Next is the head and throat. The hook head tapers and the lip is just a teensy bit rounded toward the throat so it won't easily catch on the loops as they're drawn off the hook. Also the throat is short so loops won't have a good chance to collapse as they move back off the hook. The hook is long (8 3/4 inches or 22cm), for balance with that long shank. The thumb rest is there but slightly smaller to make it easier to rotate the hook. Size? It's an H (5mm)
AND to top it all off, its made of a BEAUTIFUL dark hardwood, Zircote.
If bullions scare you, this just might be the hook for you!
Price: $45SOLD

The hook on the right is remarkable for the wood its made from. It's German Plum. I discovered German Plum when my son Lance brought me some from an Exotic Hardwood shop in Portland. The wood is just amazing. Not only is it a dream to work with, the grain and color is just sublime. Its amazingly light weight but strong and tight grained. Probably close to the perfect hook wood. The down side is that this stuff is really hard to find, maybe because it might be called by another name; but regardless, this may well be the last piece I have.
And the hook? It's an I (5.5mm) and is 7 1/2 inches (19cm) of hooky smoothness.
Price: $35SOLD

If you'd like to buy, email me at

jimbocrochetwhittler@yahoo.com

Since this is a direct sale thing, there's no time limit. I'll simply edit this post to indicate when a hook is sold.

Thanks for dropping by!
Jimbo


Oh and please also take a look at the auction that's still running below this post.

Slip Stitch Hooks up for bids!! Auction is over, the set gets broken up.

Karen and Beth get the hooks cause their bids totaled more than the highest bid for the set. Which leaves me with a first ever hook that never had a bid. Sad.. I don't know what to tell it.

But Karen and Beth... you can use the "make a donation" button in the left margin of this blog to pay with paypal if you like or email me if you'd like to arrange for another way to pay.

Thanks to all who dropped by.
Jimbo







Been awhile since I've posted. No real excuse compared to what I know lots of folks go through on a daily basis. Ah but I'm back now and have a new set of slip stitch hooks up for bids.

So what makes a slip stitch hook different from ordinary hooks? Slip stitch hooks, so I'm told, should be pointy without being sharp. This allows the hook to be easily poked through stitches in the work, whereas a more blunt hook becomes a source of frustration. Also, I'm thinking, because loops are gathered on the hook shank for slip stitch, and the stitches can be really close together, the throat should be a bit shorter than normal so the loop on the hook has a better chance of remaining the right size. I'm also told that for slip stitch projects, larger hooks are desirable.

What we have here are four hooks, all made from the same chunk of wood. Its called "Thunder Plum", technical name "Rumblus Stickinyourthumbus" (heh.. I made that up). Actually this piece of wood was rescued from becoming part of a Watt of electricity. I was at our "waste to energy" plant (that's the politically correct term for "dump"), unloading a bunch of stuff when a couple pulled up next to me and started throwing away all these branches with really dark leaves. I saw that the heartwood was really beautiful, and asked if I might have a stick or two. They were happy to oblige, and a year of curing later you see the results. Very pretty wood and it makes really nice hooks! Who'da thunk?

As to size, they are, from left to right, in Bates sizes: J (6mm), L (8mm), N (10mm), and P (11.5mm). Lengthwise they are 7 inches (17.8cm), 7 1/4 inches (18.4 cm), 7 1/2 inches (19 cm), and 5 1/2 inches (14 cm) respectively. Notice the largest size hook (the P) is in my Egg Hook style because I felt that the larger size hook might more easily be handled in the palm for slip stitching.

Now as to bidding. I'll take bids on the individual hooks, or for the set, since they're from the same stick and are all slip stitch hooks of graduated size. In fairness, I bids for the set should be for more than the total bids for the individual hooks. For example, lets say we have bids of $700, $200, $10, and $900 for the individual hooks. The set bid (because of the usual $5.00 minimum increase) would need to be $1815; that's the total of the individual bids plus the $5.00 increase. If nobody bids that much for the set, then the hooks will go to the high bidders for the individual hooks. Get it? Not that I'm expecting those kinds of bids, mind you, but a fella can always dream, eh? If you have any questions about how to bid please email me.


To new bidders: I try to post bids as they come in. I'll not be here ALL the time... so if your bid doesn't show up right away, not to worry. Your bid will be posted as soon as I'm able to get to them. Identical bids are entered by first bid posted, so if your bid is the same as another, I'll go by which ever one mailed. Also please increase bids by $5 minimum. Email bids, if you like, to me at


jimbocrochetwhittler@yahoo.com

Oh, and lets run this auction till Wednesday, July 28 and end it all at 10pm Pacific Time on that date.

Bids:

J:
Beth bids $25


L:
Karen goes $25

N:
Karen with $25


P:

or, the whole set:
Carmen bids $40
Pati goes $60

And thanks everyone for hanging in there. I promise not to be so long between posts in the future.

Jimbo