Cherry Cake Chums

A Little Resource for Retro-Knitters

Knitting Needle Sizes

Old UK US Metric (mm)
50 25.0
35 19.0
19 16.0
17 12.0
000 15 10.0
00 13 9.0
0 11 8.0
1 7.5
2 7.0
3 10 1/2 6.5
4 10 6.0
5 9 5.5
6 8 5.0
7 7 4.5
8 6 4.0
9 5 3.75
4 3.5
10 3 3.25
11 3.0
12 2 2.75
13 1 2.25
14 0 2.0
15 00 1.75

Crochet Hook Sizes

Metric (mm) UK / Canadian US
2 14
2.25 13 B/1
2.5 12
2.75 C/2
3 11
3.25 10 D/3
3.5 9 E/4
3.75 F/5
4 8 G/6
4.5 7 7
5 6 H/8
5.5 5 I/9
6 4 J/10
6.5 3 K/10/12
7 2
8 0 L/11
9 00 M/13
10 000 N/15

Crochet Terms

UK Term US Term
ss (slip stitch) Sl st (slip stitch)
dc (double crochet) sc (single crochet)
htr (half treble crochet) hdc (half double crochet)
tr (treble crochet) dc (double crochet)
dtr (double treble crochet) tr (treble crochet)
ttr (triple treble crochet) dtr (double treble crochet)

 

Yarn Weight

USA UK Australia Suggested needle (mm)
Laceweight 1 ply 2 ply 1.5–2.25 mm
Fingering 2 ply 3 ply 2.25– 3 mm
Sock 3 ply 3 ply 2.25— 3.25 mm
Sport 4 ply 5 ply 3.25— 3.75 mm
DK/Light Worsted DK 8 ply 3.75— 4.5 mm
Worsted Aran 10 ply 4.5— 5.5 mm
Bulky Chunky 12 ply 5.5– 8 mm
Super Bulky Super Chunky 14 ply 8 mm and up

Ball Weight

Imperial Metric
0.035 ounce (oz) 1 grams (gms)
1 oz 28.35 gms
16 oz / 1 pound (lb) 0.45 kilograms (kg)
2.204 lb 1 kg (1,000 gms)

Lengths Conversion

Imperial Metric
0.039″ 1 mm
0.39″ 1 cm
39.37″ / 1 yard 3″ 1 m
1 inch 2.54 cm
12″ / 1 foot 30.48 cm
1 yard 91.44 cm / 0.91 m

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