I use a lot of tiny crochet hooks and when I found those silicone beads at the dollar store, I knew they were going to save my hands. I got some and never went back to painful tiny crochet!

For putting on the beads I suggest using a folded towel on top of a flat surface to press down on with the hook. It won’t slide around or scratch your surface that way.

I make my own crochet hook handles as well. My method is as follows, I get a plastic straw and fit it onto the handle, cut off the excess straw, I make a white glue and water mix ( not too thin) then I take strips of scrap material, dip the strips in to the glue and wrap around the straw. I let the glue dry before adding more strips, continue wrapping strips until the desired thickness. The reason I use a plastic straw is so I can remove the handle and slip it onto another hook size. Surprisingly enough the handle is very comfortable.

Appreciate that you gave some really thoughtful warnings for younger people. Great ideas. Thank you for sharing. I too am an arthritis, connective tissue, fibro, autoimmune gal. Many times I end up covered with ice packed just from crocheting. Great ideas for my metal hooks I can't handle using. While I find good hooks an investment, the idea of spending $38-$120 for an ergonomic hook isn't something affordable for me personally. So these are descent options.💕🧶

I've used washi tape for a decorative ergonomic hook, with masking tape layered on first for bulking up! Made my two favorite hooks way more comfortable to use this way.

Thank you for sharing. I recently picked up crocheting again while i attend university online for the first time in 12 years. Its great for helping my buzzy brain but not so good for my on going carpel tunnel issues. These are great ideas!

Love the idea I'm definitely gonna try the silicone beads ❤❤❤

Heading to my fave DT for silicone beads and beauty sponges. So excited.

This was an AMAZING tutorial!!! These are methods I've never seen before, and I'm so excited! I can't wait to make one with silicone beads! I just found you, and I am now a subscriber!!!

I have done the blender sponge hack. Works fantastic and I would recommend for anyone struggling with wrist pain.

Great ideas! I have always been looking for things I can do to keep my hands from cramping!! (I keep getting distracted by your Jareth shirt. It is amazing!)

Thank you for taking the time to make this review. I am so into the glow in the dark and skulls! ❤

I definitely share those ND pains of making crafting/art decisions based largely on how long squirrel brain can maintain focus on certain tasks 😂 Love these ideas!! Hand pain is No Joke! Idk what I might try, but I certainly have ideas 🤔

I use those meltable plastic granules to create myself some crochet hook handles. They aren't soft, but I find them extremely comfortable. They are also capable of being easily re-melted to change them wherever you want. I like that they are clean and durable.

I really enjoyed your video. I love to crochet, but I am was trying to figure out how to make it easier on my hands as well. Your video was instructive and helpful and easy to follow. Thanks so much! I’m glad I found you.

Amazing!! Thank you for helping my hands. I can't imagine not crocheting. You saved me ❤

So cute!!!! I love the beads you used! Thank you for sharing this!!!! ❤

Creative, fun, and useful! Thank you for the silicone beads idea.

Foam makeup applicators feel even better. I push a skewer through first, then an applicator, rounded edge away from the hook.

Thank you for sharing this design hack, i started crocheting 3 months ago and i bought the plain hooks without handle grips, this will be a great help ❤🫰🏻

These are great ideas for people who lean towards the knife hold. Haven't really found a comfortable handle for pen hold (which is how I crochet).

What a cute fun vid. Thank you!

I purchased the same cheap crochet hooks to start off crocheting!

I love using the stretch tape on my crochet hooks! Sports Therapists, Veterinarians, Doctors use it for various things too. I purchased mine from a Dollar Store about a year ago. I like how easy it is to apply and adjust to my hand and various sized hooks. Only disadvantage is that it could cover the size of your hook.☺️🥰🇨🇦

Thank you for your clever ideas on how to make an ergonomic crochet hook handle, and more importantly, thank you for the multiple safety warnings. I can see how it would be so easy to jam a crochet hook through your palm, thank you , thank you, thank you.

Thank you for this. I'll be trying these out💜💜

Hi, new friend here. Loved the customized hooks! Will be trying them. Silicone beads first, because they are so cute! Thanks for the video. I'm off to watch some past tutorials! 💜

I have heard that you can use the DT foam bendy hair curlers too. Just take the wire out thats in the middle, then slide the foam onto your crochet hook.

I love the beauty blender idea! Here in Brazil they are easier to find and way cheaper. I'm gonna try with the ones used for concealer, because they are smaller. Might work. And they come in packs of three or four inthe store next to my house.

This video just popped up in my feed and I had to watch since I just made some hooks and sewing sticks last week with dollar tree supplies 😂. I used the hooks for the first time yesterday and I love it. Now I can use all those skinny metal hooks I bought a decade ago when I was a beginner. ❤

I bought foam egg shaped grips from Amazon. They are for folks with have dexterity issues. It works for larger hooks.

I also thought the beauty blender was gonna be harder than it was 🤣 But I do like all the options. I have only done oven bake clay for some of my hooks and that way I don’t have to wait forever for air dry clay.

I'm definitely going to try the bead hack! I have SLE (Lupus) and Multiple Myeloma. I can only crochet for a few hours a day or my hands will swell up, especially using small hooks. I have to rotate my crafts to give my hands a rest. I'm hoping your crochet hook hacks will help me to be able to crochet for longer periods of time. Thanks for the great ideas.

As a crochet sister with arthritis and Connective tissue disease I, too have trouble with smaller crochet hooks. What’s up with the age old history of making HANDLES that match the size of the hook??? Making doilies is not Tunisian crochet. I haven’t come across a pattern that requires me to move my work down to the handle. Your video comes to rescue me and maybe I will be able to crochet all those pretty teeny tiny stitches without pain! Thank you !!!

Such great ideas and like how you warn about potential injury.

I gave the self sticking bandage on one of my hooks, and I will definitely be using it in the future for all my handle-less hooks!

My Nana crocheted for 50+ years with tiny steel hooks making elaborate lace weight projects and she also had arthritis! While I'm sure that her advanced age and her other health issues in later life didn't help I can't imagine that her dedication to Filet crochet and little baby booties did her any favors either

thank you! I also want a "pointer hook"

Not me watching at 1am adding a trip to the dollar tree to my to-do list for tomorrow....

I’ve recently bought. Couple beauty blenders for no known reason as I don’t wear any makeup that would benefit from blending. Now I know why !

I wish I had learned to crochet via different method. I crochet holding the hook like you would a pencil. That is how my mother taught me almost 60 years ago. Now having arthritis and carpal tunnel makes it difficult to even write. It would be so cool to make those ergonomic handles for crochet hooks. Thanks for sharing.

Great video and ideas. You got my wheels a churning’😋

I contemplated getting this specific bead kits. I went for an assorted pack of 24 colors instead to make rainbow hooks. Those are so great for pain.

Great advice. Love your hooks! Nice to meet you!!

I'm not sure how to customize for me as I am a pencil holder type person. I've been crocheting over 50 years and I just cannot get comfortable crocheting any other way (I've tried). I found some foam type covers for the steel crochet hooks many years ago and they have helped me just by making them a bit thicker. I made the mistake of covering the thumb rest with them as they did flatten out over that area and it was touch going after not using the steel hooks to remember what size the hooks were, when they were fresh on it was easy to move them but not now after a decade or more of them being on there. I did manage to move them back enough to see the sizes and left them there. I am interested on getting some of the skull silicone beads and just putting them on the ends of my hooks or using them on the ends of my knitting needles so my work doesn't fall off when I've put it up for the night. Thank you, I have some of the stretch bandage but I don't like the feel of it on my hooks either, but I do like to hold bandaids on hard to cover areas.

Oh no, now I want to make custom hooks too!😂 love the beaded hooks❤

Thanks for sharing.

I'm thinking here that if you warm the silicon beads before, it may be easier. With hot water or a hair dryer.

For the self adhesive bandage, if you don't like the feel, maybe you can also wrap around the tape used for tennis rackets. It might be a big smoother. This video is amazing and I'll definitely try some of these. 😊

I rèally wish you would've used the Dollar Tree beads,to see how they worked. If they was too hard or if the would break as you was putting them on the hook? Maybe a follow up Video with your foam Clay N the beads from DT? Thanks for Sharing your Vids🧶💜

❤❤❤ beautiful hooks! I also have Rheumatoid arthritis in my g Hands ❤❤❤❤

I love your voice 💜

Love these! How are you storing your hooks that have the grips? Thanks!

I love these ideas I definitely want one with the beads 😍🤩 you’ve made this how to very clear and easy to follow. Also I did not know about the girl impaling herself with a crochet hook 😨

i see you have a crocheted space man, i would love to learn that pattern if you have it

What lipstick are you wearing? I've been looking everywhere for that shade of orangy red

I finally tried the beauty Blender handle today after realising I had bought a pack of blenders off TEMU and barely wear makeup they were less than the dollar store price but you have to wait awhile to get them if you want to order from temu . Verdict : putting them on was so easy I like how the handle feels in my hand but after even a short time crocheting my hand is tingling , I know I need surgery so I’m sure it’s not due to the handle as it actually feels nice all in all I like it

Are silicone bead hooks heavy and does foam clay brake easily?🤔

i used super glue wit pen casings but that didnt work for me

Put the beads in warm water they will be easier to side

ick is right i cant stand the touch of a microfiber towel or anything like that, just like i dont like to feel a peach, potato, kiwi, lol

What size are the silicone beads?

Fair warning. I just used the dollar tree silicon beads. ABSOLUTE PAIN. Idk if other beads from Amazon are like that by my wrists and hands absolutly hurt. And one of the hooks just did not want the beads to move. No matter the soapy water or how hot it was, absolutly stuck. 😅 So just be warned, if you arent strong, the Dollar tree beads are prob not ones you want to use. My arms and back are KILLING me 😂😅

Definitely gonna try out the beauty blenders one because they're removable. Will look for smaller ones, though, I've seen some different sizes at stores. Thanks for the ideas