I can crochet faster with the aluminum crochet hook than I can with the hook that has a cushioned handle. I have put crochet grips on sometimes on the Boye hooks. I'm crocheting with and aluminum Susan Bates hook now. I always or most of the time crocheted with Boye hooks and only used Susan Bates a little bit mostly to pull the yarn through if I couldn't get the yarn through with the other hook. I thought I liked Boye hooks and I think I still do but I like Susan Bates hook I'm using. I had tried it before and thought it would be good to help a person to not look at their crocheting work. But I'm finding I like the Susan Bates. Oh, I already said that.

Jean Marie