I have had quite a few enquiries where customers are confused between Metric/US/UK knitting needle sizes and so I have put together this chart which I hope helps. It lists the Metric sizes and the US and UK equivalent as near as possible. Where it is marked N/A you will have to decide to go one up or one down and do a tension square to make sure the pattern works for you.
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Knitting Needle Conversion chart by The Little Wool Company |
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Metric size
| US size | UK (Imperial)
size |
2.00mm | 0 | 14 |
2.25mm | 1 | 13 |
2.75mm | 2 | 12 |
3.00mm | n/a | 11 |
3.25mm | 3 | 10 |
3.50mm | 4 | n/a |
3.75mm | 5 | 9 |
4.00mm | 6 | 8 |
4.50mm | 7 | 7 |
5.00mm | 8 | 6 |
5.50mm | 9 | 5 |
6.00mm | 10 | 4 |
6.50mm | 10.5 | 3 |
7.00mm | n/a | 2 |
7.50mm | n/a | 1 |
8.00mm | 11 | 0 |
9.00mm | 13 | 0 |
10.00mm | 15 | 0 |
11.00mm | 17 | n/a |
19.00mm | 19 | n/a |
25.00mm | 15 | n/a
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