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

softdough

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

lostlily

I bought Chinese needles and they came with a needle gauge chart, but most patterns I use don't use the same numbering for their gauge. Table's so useful!

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