Todays little adventures

Today I felt a little better so I decided to do a couple of things I had been thinking about for a while.

Firstly, I crocheted a couple of hot pads to have on hand as small gifts should I be caught out. They are completed but not sewn up, when I do that I will add a couple of photos.

I have a lot of trouble holding the fine crochet hooks because of Arthritis in my thumb joints. Yet I have no trouble with the larger sizes say 4mm and up. Having spent some time thinking about that I wondered if by felting some wool onto the hook would, 1. would it stay there 2. make it any easier to grip them. Only one way to find out, so today I did 6 of my hooks and am waiting for them to dry. It will be an interesting outcome either way, I will update this post tomorrow with photos and whether it is a success for my hands or not.