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Time: 10 mins

Apologies for rubbish pics, these things are hard to photograph.
When making my River tam jumper I found that because I had left my crochet hook at my parents and I didn't want to bother buying a new one so I made my own. I was relatively easy to use but I should have sanded it more as the wool I was using was quite fuzzy and therefore would catch on any bumps.

Based loosely on this tutorial:

BTW: be careful using a penknife. If you can think of a better, safer way to whittle this then use it!

Posted by Morph • Published 18th October 2009 • See Morph's 22 projects »

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Step 1
Get a wooden chopstick and cut off any tapered ends so that it is of uniform width. Cut to a suitable length (you can use a sturdy pair of scissors).
Step 2
Whittle the length of the chopstick to just a bit bigger than the width you need.
Step 3
Make a notch near one end of the chopstick and whittle it out into a crochet hook shape.
Step 4
Make the end nearest the notch into a blunt point.
Step 5
Use the nail file to smooth the wood and use your new crochet hook.