Wool and Needle Conversion

Knitting Conversion Tables

Knitting Reference – Needle Sizes

Knitting needles in the UK are now sold in metric measurements. However, if you’ve inherited your great-grandmother’s knitting bag you may have needles with the old UK ratings so these have been included for your information. Where there is a gap in the table this is where there is no direct equivalent size.

US	Metric	Old UK
0	2mm	14
1	2.25mm	13
2	2.75mm	12
	3mm	11
3	3.25mm	10
4	3.5mm
5	3.75mm	9
6	4mm	8
7	4.5mm	7
8	5mm	6
9	5.5mm	5
10	6mm	4
10½	6.5mm	3
	7mm	2
11	8mm	1
13	9mm	0
15	10mm

Knitting Reference – Yarn Types

While many people speak English all over the world, we tend to have different names for the same thing and this is certainly true of yarn types.

Australia/UK	US
1 ply	lace weight
2 ply, 3ply	baby, fingering
4 ply	sport weight
8 ply, double knit, dk	worsted weight
10 ply, Aran	fisherman or medium
12 ply, Chunky	bulky

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