nlt@duke.UUCP (N. L. Tinkham) (10/16/85)
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My thanks to those who have sent me information about American, British,
and Metric knitting needles. Two of the replies included charts giving the
mapping from US to UK and Metric sizes; since the charts gave slightly
different information, I will post both of them. Jane Marshall and Jan
Prins inform me that while Metric sizes are currently used in the UK, a
number without units refers to "old-style" UK sizing (whereas a Metric size
is followed by "mm"). Thus I think it can be assumed that the sizes given
in the scarf patterns, as specified by the BBC, refer to old-style UK
sizes.
In particular, we had been debating the needle size for the red scarf.
The person who said that said that 7mm = 10 US is approximately correct
by the charts below (and I incorrectly confused Metric with UK). However,
the pattern that I have for the red scarf gives size 7 without units. Thus
it appears that 7 UK is meant, and the appropriate conversion is 7 UK =
6 or 7 US.
Now for the charts. Henry Chai sent the following, obtained from the
"McCall's Big Book of Knit and Crochet":
US 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10.5 11 13 15
UK 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 00
mm 2.25 2.5 3 3.25 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8.5 9
He adds this note:
Can't say this is absolutely correct because my 3.75mm's do not fit
anywhere. (in Canada we go by Continental/Metric) Hope it helps.
Rick Kenna sends the following chart:
This list is from: VOGUE KNITTING INTERNATIONAL
Fall/Winter 1985 pg. 134
161 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10013
US(America) Metric UK(England)
-------------------------------------------
0 2 mm 14
1 2 1/4 mm 13
- 2 1/2 mm -
2 2 3/4 mm 12
- 3 mm 11
3 3 1/4 mm 10
4 3 1/2 mm -
5 3 3/4 mm 9
- 4 mm 8
6 - -
7 4 1/2 mm 7
8 5 mm 6
9 5 1/2 mm 5
10 6 mm 4
10 1/2 6 1/2 mm 3
- 7 mm 2
- 7 1/2 mm 1
11 8 mm 0
13 9 mm 00
15 10 mm 000
As always, the above information is copyrighted by the original publishers
(McCall's and Vogue) and is not for resale.
N. L. Tinkham
duke!nltnlt@duke.UUCP (N. L. Tinkham) (10/16/85)
[*]
My thanks to those who have sent me information about American, British,
and Metric knitting needles. Two of the replies included charts giving the
mapping from US to UK and Metric sizes; since the charts gave slightly
different information, I will post both of them. Jane Marshall and Jan
Prins inform me that while Metric sizes are currently used in the UK, a
number without units refers to "old-style" UK sizing (whereas a Metric size
is followed by "mm"). Thus I think it can be assumed that the sizes given
in the scarf patterns, as specified by the BBC, refer to old-style UK
sizes.
In particular, we had been debating the needle size for the red scarf.
The person who said that 7mm = 10 US is approximately correct by the charts
below (and I incorrectly confused Metric with UK). However, the pattern
that I have for the red scarf gives size 7 without units. Thus it appears that
7 UK is meant, and the appropriate conversion is 7 UK = 6 or 7 US.
Now for the charts. Henry Chai sent the following, obtained from the
"McCall's Big Book of Knit and Crochet":
US 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10.5 11 13 15
UK 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 00
mm 2.25 2.5 3 3.25 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8.5 9
He adds this note:
Can't say this is absolutely correct because my 3.75mm's do not fit
anywhere. (in Canada we go by Continental/Metric) Hope it helps.
Rick Kenna sends the following chart:
This list is from: VOGUE KNITTING INTERNATIONAL
Fall/Winter 1985 pg. 134
161 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10013
US(America) Metric UK(England)
-------------------------------------------
0 2 mm 14
1 2 1/4 mm 13
- 2 1/2 mm -
2 2 3/4 mm 12
- 3 mm 11
3 3 1/4 mm 10
4 3 1/2 mm -
5 3 3/4 mm 9
- 4 mm 8
6 - -
7 4 1/2 mm 7
8 5 mm 6
9 5 1/2 mm 5
10 6 mm 4
10 1/2 6 1/2 mm 3
- 7 mm 2
- 7 1/2 mm 1
11 8 mm 0
13 9 mm 00
15 10 mm 000
As always, the above information is copyrighted by the original publishers
(McCall's and Vogue) and is not for resale.
N. L. Tinkham
duke!nlt