crochet hook

Miss Alice Prendergast is doing something delicate with a crochet-hook, but it is obvious that her thoughts are far away.

Miss Wealthy started so violently that the crochet-hook fell from her hands.

They may be curved, or shaped like a crochet-hook, or have the sharp point placed at right angles to the shaft of the instrument.

In front is a compartment for a magnifying glass, and a long one to hold scalpel, brushes, crochet-hook and pencil.