The TRUTH About Hook Sizes [Measuring My Crochet Hooks to Find Their ACTUAL Size]

I am so fascinated by what I found when I measured all of my crochet hooks! This video is pretty meaty, so I've got timestamps listed below if you want to skip past some of the math and get to the juicy parts 😉 While I'm not going to throw out any of my hooks, I now know which hooks are more accurate and which are a little questionable. Do you have any hooks you suspect aren't the advertised size? What do you think about what I found? I love hearing y'alls thoughts, so drop a comment!

Some of the cool stuff I found in my research:
Boye Needle Company Can Openers - https://just-for-openers.org/2025-Ope...

Hook Patents -
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1....

https://patentimages.storage.googleap...

https://patentimages.storage.googleap...

Other patents by same inventor? - https://www.datamp.org/patents/search...

Hooks mentioned in video -
We Crochet Ergonomic Hooks - https://amzn.to/4kXzDXT
Denise Interchangeable Tunisian Hooks - https://amzn.to/456G2dy
Boye Crochet Hooks - https://amzn.to/3J9vZwN

Timestamps
Calipers! - 00:00
Measuring All My Crochet Hooks - 00:12
The Data - 05:24
The Calculations - 07:38
The Confusion - 17:41
Why Though? - 20:16
The Rabbit Hole - 21:27
Where Does That Leave Us? - 24:27
What To Do? - 26:51

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