What Size Knitting Needle Do I Need? Imperial vs Metric Conversion Chart

With the ever rising global reach of the internet, knitting patterns are even more easy to find… however, have you ever found yourself stuck trying to work out what size needle it is you need to find for you project?

Well, here’s a chart that might help you…

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	35
25.0	50

This information was sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting_needle

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