Knitting Needles & Crochet Hooks

Conversion Chart

Metric USA Crochet UK (old) Yarn

USA weight
Used in the Commonly North America Needles are This is a rough
UK, Europe used in the uses a rarely sold in guide – some
and Australia USA and different these sizes patterns may
Canada system for any more vary
hooks
2mm 0 - 14 Lace
2.25mm 1 B 13 Lace
2.5mm 1.5 - - Lace/4-ply
2.75mm 2 C 12 4-ply
3mm 2.5 - 11 4-ply
3.25mm 3 D 10 4-ply
3.5mm 4 E - 4-ply/sport
3.75mm 5 F 9 Sport/DK
4mm 6 G 8 DK
4.5mm 7 - 7 Aran
5mm 8 H 6 Aran
5.5mm 9 I 5 Chunky
6mm 10 J 4 Chunky
6.5mm 10.5 K 3 Chunky
7mm - - 2 Super-chunky
7.5mm - - 1 Super-chunky
8mm 11 L 0 Super-chunky
9mm 13 - 00 Super-chunky
10mm 15 - 000 Super-chunky
12mm 17 - - Bulky
16mm 19 - - Bulky
19mm 35 - - Bulky
20mm 36 - - Bulky
25mm 50 - - Bulky

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