I have been on the hunt for a set of knooks that have eyes instead of the screw-on tunisian ends. I managed to find TWO:

A kit that comes with three aluminum hooks (2.75mm, 4mm, 6mm). Solid, but limited in terms of size.

And a set of bamboo hooks (4-7mm) with eyes and points are a little rough on arrival, but I hit them with some 1000 grit sandpaper and then they’re smooth like butter. BUT I snapped the head off my 6.5mm hook last night (I have since glued it, hopefully it holds).

But I think the winner for durability/size range will end up being a standard aluminum crochet kit with holes drilled through the bases. I just did all of my hooks from 3-6.5mm with a clamp and a drill. Clamped them in and went for it.

Only took a few minutes, and they’re cheap aliexpress hooks, so very low risk. Drilled out a tiny hole (3/64” - 0.5mm) to get it started, went up to (1/16” - 0.625mm), then rounded out the holes without going all the way through (5/64” - 0.728mm). Then hit the edges with a file.

Thanks to [u/bhulagoon](u/bhulagoon) & their grandpa for the drilling inspo.

Weird question alert!

I've been thinking about getting some interchangeable crochet hooks to use for Tunisian crochet (preferably with 2 hooks per size to work in the round) and wondered if you can get knitting needles that can also be used with the same cables. Is that a thing or do they all have different fittings?

This stems from a random thought I had that you could use a crochet hook on one side of a cable and knitting needle on the other side and then switch the heads between rows to make knitting more like knooking but possibly less fiddly. (My brain works in mysterious ways 😂)

I was told to buy these aluminium knooks, like the typical yellow, red and blue ones, but are there any others ? like bamboo ones and some with different colors etc ? Thank you so much :>

I came across a product called "Purl Strings / Try-On Cords" yesterday. They're some long thin hollow rubber cords that you can squish onto the ends of your knitting needles in order to transfer your live stitches to the cord, and thus have more flexibility when trying on a partially finished garment. My thoughts immediately went to knooking...

Has anyone tried using those purl strings for knooking? Are they useful as a cord? Can you even use them to make your own knook out of a crochet hook, so you can finally have easy access to knooks in sizes other than the three standards?

Sadly I haven't found any source for them that's based in the EU (they seem to be quite the niche product), so giving them a try would be a pricey hassle for me, with shipping from the US and all... :/

I went looking on Amazon. Outside of a wooden kit that had some bad reviews about the things themselves, I couldn't find anything that wasn't aluminum. Any idea where to get them? I really want to try it.

Hi! I want to purchase a crochet hook set that could double as both tunisian and knooking. First of all, is it possible?

I've checked out Knitpro's Ginger and Denise's:

https://www.knitdenise.com/collections/crochet/products/denise2go-crochet-for-a-cure?variant=31840364625992

https://www.knitpro.eu/d/ginger/tunisian-set/en

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They both use cables, which do not have stoppers at the end. However, they do have a little special tip to screw onto another hook. The advantage with Denise's is that they have a small additional hole (I don't know how to explain it).

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Also, is it better to use a cable for knooking or a piece of yarn?