Swiss army penknife trick incase you didn’t know
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D'you know ? I was wondering that?
I sew constantly, I have innumerable pins, and bent ones end up in the Dead Sharp Things wee tub to be carefully disposed of later.
I thought I might give that bent hook a try, but then I couldn't work out how to thread onto the head of the pin securely. I reckoned I needed to turn it into an eye somehow.
Haven't played around with it yet, but it's food for thought.
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Have a Google search for tying spade end hooks..... I reckon that would work but it's not the same as in the video.
As Robbi says, there are spade shank hooks - think more like splicing the end of a rope than tying a knot; though, I confess, it's been a very long time since I last tied one 
On a size 20.?As Robbi says, there are spade shank hooks - think more like splicing the end of a rope than tying a knot; though, I confess, it's been a very long time since I last tied one
When i was on the match circuit and didnt have arthritic hands i could tie a size 26 spade end by hand, long gone are those days though.
