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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 146148, member: 360"]Crochet hooks and button-hooks are VERY different things. </p><p><br /></p><p>Crochet hooks are small and sharp, for catching yarn and thread when you're doing needlework, or repairing clothing. </p><p><br /></p><p>A button-hook was used for doing up the buttons on your boots or gloves. It's impossible to do up (or undo) the wrist-buttons on your gloves, once you have the gloves ON your hands. Hence the hook - which was used to catch the buttonhole and stretch it over the button and pull it on (and vice-versa later on - to pull it off). Same concept with boots. </p><p><br /></p><p>While some people these days do still wear gloves (I have two pairs of leathers; one black, one brown, which are invaluable in winter-time!), most people don't wear gloves with buttons anymore, so they're probably unaware of how these things are actually used.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 146148, member: 360"]Crochet hooks and button-hooks are VERY different things. Crochet hooks are small and sharp, for catching yarn and thread when you're doing needlework, or repairing clothing. A button-hook was used for doing up the buttons on your boots or gloves. It's impossible to do up (or undo) the wrist-buttons on your gloves, once you have the gloves ON your hands. Hence the hook - which was used to catch the buttonhole and stretch it over the button and pull it on (and vice-versa later on - to pull it off). Same concept with boots. While some people these days do still wear gloves (I have two pairs of leathers; one black, one brown, which are invaluable in winter-time!), most people don't wear gloves with buttons anymore, so they're probably unaware of how these things are actually used.[/QUOTE]
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