We had strong storms come through a couple of days ago that dropped a couple of small branches from our maple and oak trees. For whatever reason, this gave me a wild hair. I “kiln” dried some sticks in the oven, and carved a couple of crochet hooks. One is maple, the other is oak. I used small files and sandpaper, and finished them by burnishing beeswax into them with cotton canvas scraps.
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They are lovely!
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These look great and I’ll bet they will be a joy to use. They have soul.
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They look great!
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It’s so great when someone follows the unexpected crafty path all the way through. These look so cool and I bet your projects made with them will have a bit of extra magic to them.
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Wow! Beautiful work.
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How very, very cool! You know those Memes that say that crochet is a post apocalyptic life skill? You just took that to the next level! 
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Thanks, everyone! I’d never really carved wood before, though these are fairly simple. I did used to be a goldsmith, and in fact the tools are from then, so fortunately I already had the filing skills. Otherwise i think it might have felt more cumbersome than it was. The littler maple one only took me about half an hour.
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These are lovely!
(and now is the part when I write “I do not need another random project,” on the chalkboard 100 times…)
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Yeah, my whole life is another random project. I REALLY enjoyed making these, though, and will probably make another few. My acquisition of new hobbies must be limited to things I can do with what I already have on hand. I’ve vowed not to buy more tools, and without the right tools, not to try a new thing. However. I have a shocking assortment of bits and pieces, so somehow finding new hobbies that only use what I already have is entirely too easy.
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So true!
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Oh wow, that’s awesome!
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That is so cool!
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Wow! That is so cool! I hope they work good if/when you use them!
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Super cool project!
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Every time I look on this site I’m inspired by something new!
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Neato! I love them.
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Whoa! Way cool! They are so pretty.
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Well, lookie here! Your awesome craft is one of this week’s Featured Projects! 
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Wow! That’s crazy that you actually made these. They are amazing!
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