This weird hack will prevent hand pain when crocheting 🫢  

Weird but effective 😂 I use whatever I have lying around the house but you can also purchase tension rings. Because of the way I hold my yarn (second method) tension rings don’t work for me. For the second method, you could really use anything tube shaped as a yarn holder. I’ve used a silicon straw, pvc pipe, and one of my kid’s toys lol. Have you tried either of these crochet hacks?? #crochethacks #crochettips #yarnholder

Lol I'm gonna try this. Honestly I never knew how I hold my yarn is not as popular until I started to watch tutorials online and people always seem to wrap the yarn around their fingers in all these insane ways. To me that seems crazy like just hold it but I guess I'm the crazy one 🤣

Thank you, the fingers on my left hand are limited to how far I can curl them inward. I wanted to crochet again, but found it difficult to to hold the yarn under my fingers. This idea is fantastic. I’m going to try it thank you so much.

the toilet paper roll is actually genius!! I feel like it would help me a lot, because I hold the yarn a bit weird, so this would help with the yarn burn I tend to get on my palm.

I'll try the toilet paper thing because that's how I crochet and my pinky hurts

What if the problem isn't how I hold the yarn but how I hold my project? My left thumb, the hand I hold yarn with, is starting to give me a lot of pain, but it has nothing to do with the yarn feeding through my fingers. I hold my project sort of "pinched" with my thumb and middle finger, with ring and pinky supporting. (The index is stuck out feeding the yarn.) With the thumb constantly extended and contracted in a "pinch" shape/hold, the muscles in the pad at the base of my thumb get very fatigued, then start cramping. And now it just hurts all the time. I am NOT pinching or gripping tightly, it's actually a very loose hold! It's the POSITION of the thumb , plus slight tension/contraction for grip, for extended periods, that's causing the problem. But I don't know how else to hold up the project so I can work on it? 🤷🏽‍♀️ What is the best or healthiest way to hold your project that doesn't cause hand pain or fatigue?

dang who knew there are so many ways to hold it. My pinky started cramping the other day while I was gaming and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why until I started crocheting again this morning and it dawned on me its taking its toll xD time to find alternative ways! I am gonna try both of those and see which one gives me the right tension thanks!!

I could never understand how anyone can wrap a yarn around a finger, because mine just tightens and stops moving. I hold my yarn the second way, but because I hold the yarn so loosely I've never had any problems with my hand, not even when crocheting with garden twine.. Perhaps it would hurt if I used a yarn designed for scrubbies, so it's good to keep these tips in mind, just in case.

I never thought to use electrical tape. My hubby is also an electrician, so there's always a roll of tape laying around.

My problem is that I hold my work with the thumb and pointer then stick out the middle finger and hold the yarn with the last two fingers as I crochet

I actually have terrible with my grip bring string enough to keep the tension even, my shin is dry, i use lotion and for have weight yarn i use that sticky bandage wrap around my finger

What is that spongy thing at the end of the crochet? It seems comfortable. I would love to pick knitting/crochet up again but I can’t hold anything with my ring finger and pinkie of both hands.

Toilet paper roll seems worth a shot, thanks!

I hand knit (knitting using my fingers as needles ) so i get carpel tunnel a lot any ideas on how to lessen it? - Russet

What is that blue 'thing' you're holding with your hook? ...thank you for the hack, sounds reasonable and I'll try it 😊

My back is painful sores from sitting long hours to crocheting, any tips?

How do you fix a thumb injury from crocheting on your left hand.

Tried the toilet paper roll but it felt like I didn't have the right tension :(( I have hypermobile finger joints so I press my fingers really flat to crochet

I put electrical tape around my finger