tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907371531743756890.post6719810488952610668..comments2023-08-26T09:30:31.692-04:00Comments on notyourgranny'scrochet: Tunisian Shawls by Sharon H. SilvermanMarty Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01791575657497027982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907371531743756890.post-17787939853545300952016-01-15T16:14:53.404-05:002016-01-15T16:14:53.404-05:00Thank you for your reply. I highly respect your kn...Thank you for your reply. I highly respect your knowledge and expertise, which is why I posted the question. <br /><br />I'm in my sixties and I, too, own older hooks embossed with 15 or 25 cents. I have a gorgeous Susan Bates gold crochet hook set, sizes 00 through 14, in a lovely case, circa 1950s or '60s, and they’re inline. <br /><br />So, I contacted the company. They said their afghan hooks made in the last 25 years have not had inline heads but, prior to that, all of their hooks were inline.<br /><br />That explains why my S.B. afghan hooks aren't tapered – they're from the 1980s and possibly earlier.<br /><br />I've tried to find out more on the production history of the C.J. Bates Company but there isn't a lot of information out there. <br /><br />Here's an ad from 1947, a real blast from the past: <br /><br />http://www.magazineart.org/main.php/v/ads/clothingandfashions/materialsandtools/Susan+Bates+Crochet+Hooks+-1947A.jpg.html<br /><br />Thank you for your time! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014684625318784288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907371531743756890.post-75176594281080847552016-01-14T18:54:34.998-05:002016-01-14T18:54:34.998-05:00I wish I could tell you what year I purchased the ...I wish I could tell you what year I purchased the hooks. But, I've been crocheting and purchasing hooks, and inheriting hooks, for many, many years. I have my grandmother's thread hooks, and some of my mother's hooks. And I have hooks that have the price 25cents stamped on them. So I have quite an accumulation of hooks. Also, I teach crochet at a local yarn shop, and I see the hooks that my students bring in. Some old ones, some new ones. And whenever I go to a yarn shop, or a craft shop, I look at their hooks. So I see all sorts and shapes of hooks. Some companies even change the mm size of their hooks. They call them by the same letter, but just change the mm. Or they'll make hooks in different materials the same size, but different shapes. And then, change them back. So I guess I was just being general about what I said. Boye hooks are usually tapered. (But, if I recall correctly, one of my students brought in an inline Boye hook just recently.) Susan Bates hooks are usually inline. Except those tunisian hooks I've seen and have. However, that's not to say that Susan Bates has never made inline Tunisian hooks. Marty Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791575657497027982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907371531743756890.post-32557272180949844712016-01-13T18:26:19.503-05:002016-01-13T18:26:19.503-05:00Although I don't wear shawls, these would be l...Although I don't wear shawls, these would be lovely for those who wear them! <br /><br />I learned how to crochet decades ago, but just recently learned Tunisian crochet. I saw your comment on Facebook that read: <br /><br />"The Susan Bate regular crochet hooks, including the bamboo handled ones, are inline. Straight from the shaft all the way to the hook. And you're right. The throat is deeper. The Susan Bates Tunisian hooks, though, are tapered. So are the Susan Bates thread hooks." <br /><br />All of my Susan Bates hooks are inline, including the vintage thread hooks I own and nine 10" and 14" Silvalume and Quicksilver afghan hooks from the 1980s and '90s. <br /><br />Will you please tell me what year your purchased yours? I wasn't aware that the company ever made tapered hooks of any kind. <br /><br />Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014684625318784288noreply@blogger.com