Forum › Techniques|Tools|Equipment|Yarn|Fiber › Knitting needle sizes (U.S.A./China/Japan/metric)

softdough Publish time 2020-2-12 04:00

Knitting needle sizes (U.S.A./China/Japan/metric)

Conversion chart with U.S.A., China, Japan and metric (mm) knitting needle sizes.



US needles
CN needles
Metric

0
14
2.0 mm

1
13
2.25 mm

1½

2.5 mm

2
12
2.75 mm

2½
11
3.0 mm

3
10
3.25 mm

4

3.5 mm

5
9
3.75 mm

6
8
4.0 mm

7
7
4.5 mm

8
6
5.0 mm

9
5
5.5 mm

10
4
6.0 mm

10½
3
6.5 mm


2
7.0 mm


1
7.5 mm

11
0
8.0 mm

13
00
9.0 mm






JPN needles

0
2.1 mm

1
2.4 mm

2
2.7 mm

3
3.0 mm

4
3.3 mm

5
3.6 mm

6
3.9 mm

7
4.2 mm

8
4.5 mm

9
4.8 mm

10
5.1 mm

11
5.4 mm

12
5.7 mm

13
6.0 mm

14
6.3 mm

15
6.6 mm

qle Publish time 2025-7-18 04:30

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

pinita Publish time 2020-2-14 10:16

Thank you very much!

beccaale Publish time 2020-5-8 22:18

Usefull!!!!

penquinqueen Publish time 2020-5-15 02:52

thank you for this!

sandra Publish time 2020-5-26 18:05

Muchas gracias

jkborton Publish time 2020-5-26 23:12

thanks for sharingvery handy to have

soudabe82 Publish time 2020-5-28 18:23

thanks for it

Kapela Publish time 2020-6-4 01:31

Thank you very much

agatagatta Publish time 2020-6-24 21:00

very useful! Thank you <3

duoduowen Publish time 2020-6-29 15:00

Thanks for sharing! Its very useful!

View full version: Knitting needle sizes (U.S.A./China/Japan/metric)