Pernambuco Crochet Hook

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$54.00

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This beautiful handcrafted crochet hook is made from Pernambuco from the forest of Brazil. Pernambuco is the premier wood used for making bows for stringed instruments. The hooks are shaped with a larger handle to relieve stress on the hand and wrist when crocheting. They also have an Ergonomic shape that fits nicely in the hand.


Please see Nelsonwood Hook Info page for Crochet Hook dimensions and other hook information. Nelsonwood Hook Info


Because this hook is handcrafted there will be variation in appearance, grain, size and color. While there are slight variation the basic Ergonomic shape is maintained. No two handcrafted hooks will be the same!


Pictures of finished hooks are examples of what you will receive. Numbered block are the block used when item is ordered. Outside appearance of block is not necessarily how the finished hook will appear.


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​   Pernambuco (Caesalpinia echinata) is a species of Brazilian timber tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. Common names include Brazilwood, Pau-Brasil, Pau de Pernambuco, Pernambuco tree, Nicarágua wood and Ibirapitanga (Tupi). 
   This tree has a dense, orange-red heartwood that takes a high shine, and it is the premier wood used for making bows for stringed instruments. The wood also yields a red dye called brazilin, which oxidizes to brazilein. 

    When Portuguese explorers found these trees on the coast of South America, they used the name pau-brasil to describe them. Pau is Portuguese for "stick", and brasil is said to have come from brasa, Portuguese for "ember", meaning "emberlike". The wood of this tree has a deep red hue, which may be why it received this name

    In the 15th and 16th centuries, brazilwood was highly valued in Europe and quite difficult to get. Coming from Asia, it was traded in powder form and used as a red dye in the manufacture of luxury textiles, such as velvet, in high demand during the Renaissance. When Portuguese navigators discovered present-day Brazil, on April 22, 1500, they immediately saw that brazilwood was extremely abundant along the coast and along the rivers. In a few years, a very profitable operation for felling and shipping all the brazilwood logs they could get was established, as a crown-granted Portuguese a monopoly.

   Brazilwood trees were such a large part of the exports and economy of the land that the country which sprang up in that part of the world took its name from them and is now called Brazil.

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Jaime L. on 2021-12-15

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The pernambuco crochet hook is beautiful! Workmanship is excellent, as always. Pernambuco is a lovely light brown wood with some reddish tints; the wood grain is very pretty. It seems I am now collecting these hooks because they are beautiful works of art to look at -- this addition to my collection is the second 5mm hook. Thank you!