tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post338969790183063524..comments2024-03-23T13:14:20.082-04:00Comments on Crochet is the Way: Hooks with a History - Susan BatesJenny Guldinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15776183719692396345noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-60791480903715211612023-05-15T08:30:12.851-04:002023-05-15T08:30:12.851-04:00If you would like to do so, please share a link to...If you would like to do so, please share a link to your store! I'm sure many people that come here would be interested. You've helped add so much information to this post and I would love to be able to send some business your way.Jenny Guldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15776183719692396345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-11199787917228621132023-05-12T13:09:02.536-04:002023-05-12T13:09:02.536-04:00Not Amazon, etc! They aren't In-Line! Only hoo...Not Amazon, etc! They aren't In-Line! Only hooks made in the USA are true In-Line. Which stopped around 1990 when Coats & Clark bought CJ Bates & sent everything to China. On top of not being In-Line, you'll often get hooks with burrs or other issues. There was a lot that the color came off onto people's hands & yarn! I am a seller on Etsy of only vintage hooks. I can'MyOhMyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893338882214979635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-57446967797532024292023-02-20T12:51:29.104-05:002023-02-20T12:51:29.104-05:00I found your article and the comments very interes...I found your article and the comments very interesting. I am an avid Susan Bates user and ask all my students to use them. They grab the yarn easily and I can crochet quickly and evenly, the design allows the yarn to be drawn through the loops with no effort. I refuse to use the other styles, finding them awkward. I have no issue with yarn splitting, and suspect it may be an issue with the yarnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-33370569898591198752022-08-10T01:28:16.703-04:002022-08-10T01:28:16.703-04:00Wow, thank you for all the information! I had used...Wow, thank you for all the information! I had used the USTPO when researching Boye hooks. I went down a rabbit hole, took a wrong turn, climbed out and fell back in again. There are so many records to dig through!<br /><br />Do you have a link where everyone can view that chart? It would be much appreciated. And also, wow, that must have taken some work to put together!<br /><br />I'm Jenny Guldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15776183719692396345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-92157109862370777282022-08-09T18:43:26.845-04:002022-08-09T18:43:26.845-04:00Anonymous: that cardboard sleeve makes all the dif...Anonymous: that cardboard sleeve makes all the difference in the world! At least the way I understand it is it the box was marked. Was the hook marked as well? In my uncountable hours of searches I have never seen one of them for sale! The cardboard sleeve that is. So it is a collectible for sure!MyOhMyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893338882214979635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-31148881985227177662022-08-09T18:40:27.679-04:002022-08-09T18:40:27.679-04:00Jon: your comment has me intrigued! I haven't ...Jon: your comment has me intrigued! I haven't found anything like that about CJ Bates and using the name Susan. But that doesn't mean I missed it! Because he first used the name Barbara and then added the name Marcia Lynn,, he had a couple more names he could remember, LOL. None of them were after specific person. That's been made clear. It can cause a huge headache with a trademark. MyOhMyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893338882214979635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-49223434943766307012022-08-09T18:35:12.289-04:002022-08-09T18:35:12.289-04:00Wish I'd read this sooner and I could have hel...Wish I'd read this sooner and I could have helped you out. I've been researching crochet hooks and knitting needles, among many other vintage/antique genre's, for quite a few years. Thank you internet! LaceButtons was a help for me too! You can find all patents and trademarks on USTPO. United States Trademark & Patent Office. See warning below, LOL. Anyway, LUXITE was actually MyOhMyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893338882214979635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-80103798545933162272022-07-14T22:58:58.119-04:002022-07-14T22:58:58.119-04:00We found ¢35 hook!!We found ¢35 hook!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-66817116447939576452022-07-14T22:57:32.419-04:002022-07-14T22:57:32.419-04:00We have a¢55 hook!
Thank you!!We have a¢55 hook!<br />Thank you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-9166088725791007992022-01-09T19:49:18.302-05:002022-01-09T19:49:18.302-05:00Thank you so much for this! I came across a bunch...Thank you so much for this! I came across a bunch of hooks that I had inherited either from my mother, grandmother or my husband's great grandmother and found a wooden one still in the cardboard sleeve with the name C.I. Bates & Sons on it with a .25 cent price tag. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-14920555215900046942021-02-28T11:59:05.040-05:002021-02-28T11:59:05.040-05:00I love my Susan Bates hooks. I do have some other...I love my Susan Bates hooks. I do have some others that I use sometimes, though. <br />I have some with fat handles that I use when my hands are hurting. I would like to try some Furl's hooks but honestly cannot afford them.Stinker Lolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570334285209297891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-82310354523752763482020-12-05T17:10:15.240-05:002020-12-05T17:10:15.240-05:00Got a good laugh form C.J Bates not remembering wo...Got a good laugh form C.J Bates not remembering women's names. I am now using a Susan Bates J hook, am making some cotton crochet produce bags. I noticed that the stem to the hook is a bit shorter than the Boyles. Never noticed this before and I have been crocheting for some thirty years. I work faster with the shorter stem. Great article. Crocheting in Grenada, the West IndiesLemongrasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275619962662037832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-6832894989681436742020-05-20T01:28:36.814-04:002020-05-20T01:28:36.814-04:00Thank you so much for including this!Thank you so much for including this!Jenny Guldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15776183719692396345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-59082259648151542072020-05-04T21:20:30.563-04:002020-05-04T21:20:30.563-04:00"Legend has it that C.J. Bates, who nurtured ..."Legend has it that C.J. Bates, who nurtured an ivory carving company into the largest manufacturer of knitting needles in the country, couldn't ever remember women's names. So he simply called every woman he met Susie. Thus the company's name."<br />https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1991-08-10-0000213230-story.htmlJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653369675634444966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-67582247265707121672019-12-02T18:48:47.826-05:002019-12-02T18:48:47.826-05:00Susan bates hooks make my life so much easier!!! I...Susan bates hooks make my life so much easier!!! I think that you only have a big issue with splitting when you're using small yarn. Chunky yarn is a dream to work with using a susan bates hook. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272465146442057571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-56537148275767018492019-08-12T15:45:39.928-04:002019-08-12T15:45:39.928-04:00I recently bought a Susan Bates antique crotchet h...I recently bought a Susan Bates antique crotchet hook from a thrift store. Mine is either wooden or bamboo and is stamped with 8m/m US 11 and a price of .75 cents. Actually a cent symbol, but keyboards of today don’t have the cent symbol anymore. I am loving it, and it is now my favorite hook. Mine is a lonely one of a kind too... for now. CindyCindy12https://www.blogger.com/profile/08035971594466309115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-63732044274738885542019-03-27T11:04:17.785-04:002019-03-27T11:04:17.785-04:00That is very interesting. Boye needles were made i...That is very interesting. Boye needles were made in Freeport, Illinois by Newel company for long time. Thank you for sharing. I will treasure my hooks even more. God bless.Gloria J. Allemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963281076851603436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-857886730503339122019-03-02T21:14:01.980-05:002019-03-02T21:14:01.980-05:00I've used both Susan Bates and Boye hooks. I p...I've used both Susan Bates and Boye hooks. I prefer Boye. I have two sets that are American made of the Boye .I may have one it two homes that are Susan Bates <br /><br />I've mostly used tapered head crochet hooks. I never really liked the "flat" head ones. <br /><br />I learned to crochet as a child. I probably wasn't even 10 years old when I started. I'm 50 now. FunnyBarb on the Runhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07012522817267710119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-36461312688316498602019-01-03T08:06:24.469-05:002019-01-03T08:06:24.469-05:00I have a Susan Bates hook I am using, (older like ...I have a Susan Bates hook I am using, (older like yours size E) and my yarn is splitting. What kind of hook would prevent this?<br />Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498874260173744252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133097621983094965.post-12061773062009872862019-01-02T17:17:26.311-05:002019-01-02T17:17:26.311-05:00Hi. Interesting story. I prefer the inline of Sus...Hi. Interesting story. I prefer the inline of Susan Bates. It helps keep stitches even for good tensionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17389351386829701301noreply@blogger.com