Home
Knitting Info/Guides
Needle Sizes

Our top selling products

1. Symfonie Wood Straight Needles 6"
1. Symfonie Wood Straight Needles 6
£4.50
 Jawoll Magic 0035 - Denim
Jawoll Magic 0035 - Denim
£8.00
 100g Merino Dark Grey Pure Wool
100g Merino Dark Grey Pure Wool
£7.00
 100% Turquoise Green Cotton Yarn
100% Turquoise Green Cotton Yarn
£6.00
 Black IC Cables
Black IC Cables
£2.00
 Space Dyed Purple Cerise
Space Dyed Purple Cerise
£9.00
 Cherry Tea Cosy Kit
Cherry Tea Cosy Kit
£15.00
 Zauberball Chocolate Cream
Zauberball Chocolate Cream
£9.90
 100% Caramel Cotton Yarn
100% Caramel Cotton Yarn
£6.00
 Zauberball Summer Meadow
Zauberball Summer Meadow
£9.90
 174 Chinese Mulberry Silk Airforce Blue
174 Chinese Mulberry Silk Airforce Blue
£14.00
 113 Chinese Mulberry Silk Yellow
113 Chinese Mulberry Silk Yellow
£14.00
 Pure Felting Wool Scarlet 132
Pure Felting Wool Scarlet 132
£7.00
 Knit Pro Tunisian Crochet Hook
Knit Pro Tunisian Crochet Hook
£4.00
 KnitPro Symfonie Wood Crochet Hook Single Ended
KnitPro Symfonie Wood Crochet Hook Single Ended
£3.50
 160 Wool & Silk Yarn Purple Blue
160 Wool & Silk Yarn Purple Blue
£12.00
 Pure Felting Wool Primrose 113
Pure Felting Wool Primrose 113
£7.00
 1.0mm Whitecroft Crochet Needle Steel
1.0mm Whitecroft Crochet Needle Steel
£1.25
 Crazy Zauberball Tropical Fish
Crazy Zauberball Tropical Fish
£9.90
 Addi Turbo Circular Needle 5.50mm
Addi Turbo Circular Needle 5.50mm
£5.75
Knitting needle size chart
Needle sizes and conversions PDF Print E-mail
User Rating: / 24
PoorBest 
Written by Administrator   
Saturday, 01 November 2008 21:27

Needle sizes and conversions

In the UK, knitting needle 'numbers' are the Standard Wire Gauge designation of the wire from which metal needles are made. The origin of the numbering system is uncertain but it is thought that they are based on the number of increasingly-fine dies that the wire has to be drawn through. Thinner needles thus have a larger number.

Metric size (mm) U.S. size UK / Canadian size Japanese size
2.0 0 14
2.1 0
2.25 1 13
2.4 1
2.5
2.7 2
2.75 2 12
3.0 11 3
3.25 3 10
3.3 4
3.5 4
3.6 5
3.75 5 9
3.9 6
4.0 6 8
4.2 7
4.5 7 7 8
4.8 9
5.0 8 6
5.1 10
5.4 11
5.5 9 5
5.7 12
6.0 10 4 13
6.3 14
6.5 10 ½ 3
6.6 15
7.0 2 7 mm
7.5 1
8.0 11 0 8 mm
9.0 13 00 9 mm
10.0 15 000 10 mm
12.0 17
16.0 19
19.0 25
25.0 50
< Prev   Next >
Last Updated on Sunday, 28 June 2009 12:53
 
paypal-secure-logo

Latest Products


Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/knitting/public_html/modules/mod_virtuemart_latestprod/mod_virtuemart_latestprod.php on line 42
Mille Colori 200g (109)
Mille Colori 200g (109)
£20.00
Mille Colori 200g (098)
Mille Colori 200g (098)
£20.00
Mille Colori 200g (088)
Mille Colori 200g (088)
£20.00
Mille Colori 200g (066)
Mille Colori 200g (066)
£20.00
Mille Colori 200g (065)
Mille Colori 200g (065)
£20.00
Mille Colori 200g (061)
Mille Colori 200g (061)
£20.00