Tune your own crochet hook with a polymer clay handle! There are many beautiful ways to tune a plain metal crochet hook by using polymer clay. I got an idea to have a marble effect crochet hook handle and it turned out fabulous! Check out the instructions below how to make your own polymer clay crochet hook handle!
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Materials
Tools: A crochet hook of any size* & clay shaping tools, e.g. Fimo acrylic roller* and Fimo modelling tools*
Polymer Clay: Fimo Soft white* and Fimo Soft black*) and Fimo Effect (light pink)*. There are many shops selling these clays!
Alternative clays: Sculpey* and Cernit.
NOTE: Read and follow the package instructions carefully. Use only under adult supervision. Do not use flatware as tools.
Crochet Hook Handle Instructions
The DIY crochet hook handle process is easy:
- Model the polymer clay the way you want.
- Wrap this clay around the hook.
- Harden the crochet hook with the handle in the oven.
- Let the crochet hook handle cool and harden completely at room temperature.
There are many different polymer clay colors and types (for example glitter, leather-like or nightglow clay) and you can mix clays together. In this post I mixed white and black clays together to get a crochet hook handle with marble effect. I also made a pink marble crochet hook handle by mixing black, white and light pink clays together.
I started modeling the crochet hook handle by rolling white clay and then I added a small amount of black clay as a roll around the bigger white roll (resembling a candy cane). Then I just simply molded it so that the clay took marble effect pattern. You can see a picture of this step below:
I then rolled it as a flat panel (~2-3 cm width, ~10 cm length, depends on the hook length) and wrapped it around the hook. Then I put the hook in the oven at ~110° C for 30 minutes. (NOTE: Check the temperature and time from the package instructions. Do not heat over 130 °C or heat over time.) After this I let it cool at the room temperature. You can also finalize the polymer clay crochet hook handle (after oven) with gloss varnish to have glossy effect.
This was such a fun experiment and I will definitely try doing cute glitter handles as well. 🙂