Yuck!

[Lefthook]

I always hold my crochet hook underhand like a knife (i.e., not like a pencil). A few minutes ago, I got it in my head to try the other hold. Going from one to the other is like the first few times reading in a moving car or riding in a backward-facing train seat. My fingers also wouldn’t follow any directions sent to them by my brain, not even YO (much like me trying to knit).

[cis4crochet]

  Sometimes things just work out like that. 

[ChMaLa]

Try crocheting different.

~ChMaLa~

[Carol Ann]

    I gave up a long time ago trying to hold the hook like a pencil.  It never was comfortable for me and my hand had no speed nor control.  Holding it like a knife I can fly along with great precision.  As it turns out, holding like a knife is much easier on and better for your wrist! 

[ChMaLa]

That is great.

~ChMaLa~

[happycrocheter]

Nice to hear that there are others who hold the hook like I do. I also tried to hold it like a pencil..but I really couldn't crochet a single thing that way. And I crochet quite fast, never have any problems whit my wrist and I think there is no right way to hold the hook, you need to find your own best way!

[Carol Ann]

   I agree!