Well, just hooks actually! I’ve been wondering for a while where those photos of beautiful crochet hooks come from in the front of all the crochet books … they’re colourful and I want some.

After a bit of hunting around I discovered that these are Susan Bates hooks, and they are widely available in North America. I’m in the UK and couldn’t find anyone who would ship the hooks to Europe. To cut a long story short, ebay came up trumps and I found a store that would ship two sets of hooks to me for $7 after I emailed them and explained the situation – so thanks to Corona Quilts as I now have beautiful colourful hooks :) Here they are