Needle sizes
|
US |
METRIC |
UK |
US |
METRIC |
UK |
|
0 |
2mm |
14 |
10 |
6mm |
4 |
|
1 |
2.25mm |
13 |
\0'A |
6.5mm |
3 |
|
|
2.5mm |
|
|
7mm |
2 |
|
2 |
2.75mm |
12 |
|
7.5mm |
1 |
|
|
3mm |
1 1 |
11 |
8mm |
0 |
|
3 |
3.25mm |
10 |
13 |
9mm |
00 |
|
4 |
3.5mm |
|
15 |
10mm |
000 |
|
5 |
3.75mm |
9 |
17 |
12.75mm |
|
|
6 |
4mm |
8 |
19 |
15mm |
|
|
7 |
4.5mm |
7 |
35 |
19mm |
|
|
8 |
5mm |
6 |
|
20mm |
|
|
9 |
5.5mm |
5 |
|
|
bobbins
Additional items beside needles and yarn will be needed as you progress with your knitting.These include:
- A needle gauge to check the size of a needle; circular needles and double-pointed needles tend not to be marked.
- A pair of small sharp scissors to cut the yarn; never be tempted to break the yarn, you will stretch the fibres.
- A non-stretch fibreglass tape measure for checking your garment measurements and a ruler for measuring your gauge (tension) square.
- Cable needles are used for manipulating stitches whilst working cables.They are short needles, pointed at both ends, and some have a kink in the middle.
- Stitch holders to hold stitches not being worked; you can use a safety pin for a small number of stitches.
- A tapestry needle with a large eye and a blunt end for sewing pieces together and sewing in ends.
- Bobbins for winding off lengths of coloured yarns for intarsia or fair isle knitting.
- A pad of graph paper is useful for charting garment shaping or stitches, giving a clearer picture than written instructions.
- A row counter that slides on to the needle to keep track of the row being knitted.
tapestry needles tape measure stitch holders a tapestry needles tape measure stitch holders 
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