Lionbrand/Pony Pearl Hooks

[gingerchai]

Has anyone used these hooks (http://www.muenchyarns.com/Pages/crochet.html)? I am thinking about buying a set to take on on the airplane when I go on vacation in December. They are sold under the lion brand (http://pages.lionbrand.com/6030/InventoryPage/1419778/1.html) label on their website. they seem to be a little pricey for plastic hooks, but the colors are nice though.
tracy :fall
(who is is now signing off to finish essay for evil :mad british english professor)

[rebeccav]

i haven't used them, but they are on clearance at my joann's - might be worth a phone call to yours :phone

oh, i do have the crystallites and i like them, although they seem to be a bit larger than my regular aluminum boyes

[gingerchai]

rebecca, i don't have a local joann's because i'm in germany.
joanns online doesn't seem to carry them. i actually have set of the larger sizes of the crystalites, but I'm afraid of the smaller sizes breaking. do you use the F and G hooks in the crytalites? are they very strong?
tracy

[Tiffany]

I've used the G crystalite hook before and it broke on me, but I was using three strands of ww cotton yarn together to make a potholder. :bad I say that could brake about any hook. :)) I haven't tried the Lion Brand plastic, but from looking at them, I'd say they were comparable to the Crystalites.

[threeolivemartini]

i have felt them .... and i think they feel cheap.. i like the feel of my crystallites better

[rebeccav]

well, i've never used my little crystallites before. i seldom use small hooks :shrug so i guess i'm really no help there, but about the others: my :2

those seem to be hollow, like the big ol grey plastic boye P. ya know ?

so because of that, i would think they would be less likely to break than crystallites. (just consulted engineer hubby, and he agrees :yes )

so there ya go, an opinion from every side of the box :p

[gingerchai]

three olive martini:
i've decided to pass on the pony pearl, although they did look pretty. just going to buy the smaller set of crystalites and be careful with the smallest sizes.

tiff: three strands of cotton with a small plastic hook, that's definitely :bad , but funny though. :D

tracy:computer

[pfirsch]

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>because i'm in germany.<hr></blockquote>
I know this is a little off topic<img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/blush.gif" />, but where are you? I'm in Bavaria, across the Danube from Ulm.

[TShell]

I think I bought one (if its what i think it is). I like it better than the crystallites (at least the thinner hooks) because they bend! They aren't as brittle. But I only bought the G hook.

[gingerchai]

pfirsch, i am in the heidelberg area. i looked at map to see where you live and couldn't find the danube and then realized that it was donau:oops .
tracy

[LanetteG]

I was just about to post and see if anyone else's G hook of their crystalites set broke. I broke mine on the first project I used it on.:<>
But I love my larger set of them.
Guess I stick to my metal ones!
BTW- Have you had problems taking metal ones on the plane? When we went overseas this summer I took several metal hooks and had no problems. Just curious.
Lanette

[threeolivemartini]

my g hasnt broken.. you guys must be tight workers.. or something.. i have never had that problem nor have i ever had a hook to bend on me ..