Crochet Hook Knitting Needle Size Comparison

Interchangeable circular single and double point needles and needle sets.

Crochet hook knitting needle size comparison.

The smallest steel hook is a 14 or 9 mm. Shop for crochet knitting quilting and sewing patterns as well as card making projects and supplies beading kits yarn fabric and more at annie s. The metric sizing is generally what i refer to here in australia and so i have placed aus nz in the metric hook size column. Standard knitting needle and crochet hook sizes.

Note about steel hooks. The diameter of a knitting needle or crochet hook determines the size of the knitted crocheted stitches. Knitting needle conversion chart pdf. October 17 2018 march 25 2019 jorge.

This crochet hook conversion chart covers crochet hook sizes for the u s u k. Needles and hooks usually include both us needle sizes and mm. Metric diameter us knitting needle number corresponding crochet hook size 2 25 mm 1. The usual rule of thumb is the bigger or thicker the yarn the bigger size hook you will need.

The size of a crochet hook is determined by the diameter of its shaft. While crochet hooks use letters instead of numbers to differentiate sizes in the us they use good old and arguably less confusing millimeters elsewhere to tell sizes apart. However in the uk sizes start at. In the us needle sizes start at 0 and increase to 50.

It s time to start a new project. However sometimes patterns will only specify one or the other that s where this needle conversion chart comes in handy. B 1 2 75 mm 2. There was such a good response to the knitting needle size conversion chart that it seemed like a crochet chart was in order too.

Crochet hook size charts navigation menu my bookshelf. The diameter of a hook shaft determines the size of the hook and the size of the stitches that are made. Us and metric crochet hook sizes. That s because different countries have different ways of numbering their knitting needles.

While the us and the uk use the same metric sizes their numbering systems run in opposite directions. The largest is a 00 or 2 7 mm. C 2 3 25 mm 3. D 3 3 5 mm 4.

Steel crochet hooks are generally used with lace weight yarns and crochet threads. The higher the number the smaller the hook which is the reverse of regular hook sizing. Needles and needle sets. Knitpro addi and more.

They are sized differently than regular hooks. Knitting needle sizes can be confusing. We choose our yarn with some very cool colors then we check out the label to find which size needles that the yarn calls for. Knitting needle and crochet hook size charts.

Next to the corresponding little symbol you can see there are three different numbers listed.