Steel crochet hooks are generally used with lace weight yarns and crochet threads.
Crochet hook knitting needle size comparison.
Knitting needle conversion chart pdf.
The diameter of a hook shaft determines the size of the hook and the size of the stitches that are made.
Knitting needle sizes can be confusing.
Knitting needle and crochet hook size charts.
Metric diameter us knitting needle number corresponding crochet hook size 2 25 mm 1.
In the us needle sizes start at 0 and increase to 50.
The usual rule of thumb is the bigger or thicker the yarn the bigger size hook you will need.
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Interchangeable circular single and double point needles and needle sets.
Hook sizes are measured in millimeters and are available from as small as 2 mm to 20 mm or bigger.
Standard knitting needle and crochet hook sizes.
The largest is a 00 or 2 7 mm.
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Needles and hooks usually include both us needle sizes and mm.
While the us and the uk use the same metric sizes their numbering systems run in opposite directions.
Needles and needle sets.
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.
That s because different countries have different ways of numbering their knitting needles.
B 1 2 75 mm 2.
The size of a crochet hook is determined by the diameter of its shaft.
Next to the corresponding little symbol you can see there are three different numbers listed.
This crochet hook conversion chart covers crochet hook sizes for the u s u k.
A hook gauge is used for measuring both knitting needles and crochet hooks.
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.
The smallest steel hook is a 14 or 9 mm.
However sometimes patterns will only specify one or the other that s where this needle conversion chart comes in handy.
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.
Us and metric crochet hook sizes.
The higher the number the smaller the hook which is the reverse of regular hook sizing.
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However in the uk sizes start at.
C 2 3 25 mm 3.
In each country crochet hooks can differ in size and that is why there is a need for this crochet hook conversion chart.
They are sized differently than regular hooks.
The diameter of a knitting needle or crochet hook determines the size of the knitted crocheted stitches.