Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Kitty: Help on Knitting Needle Conversions
Several months ago, I purchased several sets of knitting needles, crochet hooks,
and odds and in from the UK. Since then I have been going crazy trying to keep
it strait whether they are new metric or old uk knitting needles. Then to confuse
the situation, I started picking up Japanese needles as well. Yes I have two needle
guides, but several of the needles just don't fit any of the gauges. So I wondered
why and started to do research. I have compiled four charts; Aluminum or plastic
Crochet Hooks, Steel Crochet Hooks, Modern Knitting Needles (US, UK, Japan, and
Metric), and Old Knitting Needles (US, UK, and Metric) . It looks like the UK
has changed there crochet and knitting needle size standard 4 times through history.
I could only find concrete reference to what is considered old UK and Modern UK.
So if you see any problems or know of any additions that I should add. Please
let me know. Conversion
Charts
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Well, one of the problems you may be running into are the old European Needle markings. From and old chart I have here is the break down on the chart.
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- 1.75 mm
2 2 mm
2.5 (both) 2.25 mm
2.75 mm
3 3 mm
3.5 (both) 3.25 mm
3.75 mm
4 4 mm
4.5 4.5 mm
5 5 mm
5.5 5.5 mm
6 6 mm
6.5 6.5 mm
7 7 mm
7.5 7.5 mm
8 8 mm
9 9 mm
19 10 mm