I’ve been working on a sweater recently, and needed to figure out some obscure needle size conversions. I found two sites (here and here) that had the information I needed, and I decided to integrate them together for a single, massive conversion chart for American, British and Japanese needles. Here are the fruits of my labour! Hope this is useful to someone.
Metric (mm)
US*
UK
Exact UK diam. (mm)**
JP
Exact JP diam. (mm)
Old US*** (standard needles)
Old US*** (steel DPNs)
0.450
26
0.46
0.500
8/0
25
0.51
0.550
24
0.56
0.600
23
0.61
0.650
0.700
22
0.71
0.750
6/0
0.800
21
0.81
0.850
0.900
20
0.91
0.950
1.000
5/0
19
1.02
18
1.125
17
1.250
4/0
18
1.22
16
1.375
17
1.42
1.500
000
15
1.625
16
1.63
1.750
00
15
1.83
14
Metric (mm)
US*
UK
Exact UK diam. (mm)**
JP
Exact JP diam. (mm)
Old US*** (standard needles)
Old US*** (steel DPNs)
2.000
0
14
2.03
0
2.1
0
13
2.250
1
13
2.34
12
2.500
1
1
2.4
1
2.750
2
12
2.64
2
2.7
2
11
3.000
2
11
2.95
3
3.0
3
10
3.250
3
10
3.25
4
3.3
3.500
4
5
3.6
4
9
3.750
5
9
3.66
5
8
4.000
6
8
4.06
6
3.9
4.250
7
4.2
6
4.500
7
7
4.47
8
4.5
4.750
9
4.8
7
5.000
8
6
4.88
10
5.1
8
5.250
9
5.500
9
5
5.39
11
5.4
5.750
12
5.7
10
6.000
10
4
5.89
13
6.0
6.250
14
6.3
6.500
10.5
3
6.40
15
6.6
10.5
Metric (mm)
US*
UK
Exact UK diam. (mm)**
JP
Exact JP diam. (mm)
Old US*** (standard needles)
Old US*** (steel DPNs)
7.000
2
7.01
7mm
7.0
7.500
1
7.62
8.000
11
0
8.23
8mm
8.0
8.500
9.000
13
00
8.84
9mm
9.0
9.500
000
9.45
10.000
15
4/0
10.16
10mm
10.0
11.000
5/0
10.97
12.000
17
6/0
11.79
13.000
7/0
12.70
14.000
18
15.000
16.000
19
17.000
18.000
19.000
35
20.000
25.000
50
If you have any questions about this chart, leave them in the comments!
* Exact US diameters are the same as the first column (“Metric”).
Hi there, folks who still read my blog. I imagine there are a few who haven’t culled their feed readers in a while. And for that, I thank you!
I have been in a knitting and blogging funk (mostly Farmville-related), but I think my belly is developing a small fire for knitting that I sense will erupt soon enough. I have been looking at the Knitpicks catalogues that still come to my door every month, and I have a feeling my knitting bag will be going back into my backpack tomorrow morning. I removed it a few months ago (regretfully), because I hadn’t used it in months and it was bulking up the bag. But it’s going back. It has Bubble in it.
Also, I seamed Greenzo. I never seam ANYTHING. I specifically seek out sweaters that I don’t have to seam, so that I don’t have to seam them. But I seamed this shirt one day a little while ago, and it was moderately pain-free. I think this is a good sign.
The other day I read the Codex Seraphinianus. It was mesmerizing. I made the decision that the moment I start making a decent salary, I will take $1,000 of that salary and spend it on a first edition of the book. For now, I will have to resort to reading it on the internet.
And perhaps knitting myself a few pairs of mittens.
I know it’s the recession, and I’m a poor grad student with no money who just spent thousands of dollars on a big trip and a laptop and will soon be shelling out major bucks for new teeth, but I think I’m going to buy these shoes. The only thing holding me back is that I don’t know which size to buy. They’re made by these ladies in Africa and they look super comfy. This summer I had a crazy time trying to find comfortable flat sandals to wear during day-long walks in Europe (I ended up finding them a few days before the end of the trip), so my brain is still wired to obsess over sandals. You see, if I buy these, I am doing myself a favour because then I will have two pairs of fashionable flats to wear in the heat next summer. I’m just planning ahead.
