Hooks:
I wanted 2 headed hooks, and some tunisian, but time was almost against me, tomorrow, I must go to the farm (and get more branches), last time, I grab only 2, and they came out so nice, so, even in some "attic" place, sells patterns, I cannot read them, as they don't deliver to Chile, so it is for you to say.. What I did, is make a 90° cut with the little saw, just to the middle of the stick. Letting a big head, just in case, 1", from the bottom. With the little cutter, gently I began the larger part of the hook, when I thought it was right, I began the little part, going slowly with the cutter, not going further than the middle, and down, just as a guuide, then I tried with a scarving tool of my Dremel, with a bought one by my side, to copy the shape, folding the thinest sandpaper, reach the deep I needed, and the smoothness, again, with the pencil sharpener, you can guide for doing the head, working with the cutter, I like mine with a sharper head than the ones you can buy, that is the good thing of doing your own tools. In fact,a hook was my first self-done tool. So I knew the risks of breaking the head, this is fun, giving shapes , lots of sandpaper, from coarse to thinner grains, (we don't use numbers, so I cannot guide you in that), then I worked over the sides of the hook head, with sandpaper, and a little help of my Dremel, just a nicer shape, then the thinner part of the up part of the hole, that was easier today, or do you think that I am not prepared to tell you all I learned?.
Then, I carved the same way the lemon tree branch (the smell of the dust, it is nice), a 90° saw cut, then I worked the longer cuts, until I reach the botom of the cut, the sharp part at the bottom, then the hole, with the same care as before.
When I was finished and admiring what God gave us, a thumb!, a mind, a branch, in fact that is the meaning of my nickname, honey-varita, varita, or little branch, but that special first one is for me to keep, my Daddy loved so much THAT tree.
At first I wanted to place this work someplace, but I am being repetitive, YOU ALL, have given me so much!. Just for the circulars, if you ever make one, or want to sell some, personalized,and use any racket cord, name it R-Circulars,almost like the I-cord, but here not for idiots, but our real names, not naming ME, but my late parents, and brother (Ruth, Rodolfo), my we were original at home, 4 out of 4 , the same R del V, so I began to use my Mom's maiden name, Ulloa, now I am using my own.
If you have any question, commentary, sweet or sour, please I don't know how this thing works, e-mail me to rdelvu@hotmail.com, I am posting some pics, direct all of you here, and go to sleep. Thanks , Ruth in Chile