Our patterns are translated into British English and/or American English.
There are different different numbers/sizes of the needles in British and American English.

Needle Conversion chart
European metric UK size US size
2 mm 14 0
2.25 mm 13 1
2.5 mm - -
2.75 mm 12 2
3 mm 11 -
3.25 mm 10 3
3.5 mm - 4
3.75 mm 9 5
4 mm 8 6
4.5 mm 7 7
5 mm 6 8
5.5 mm 5 9
6 mm 4 10
6.5 mm 3 10 1/2
7 mm 2 -
7.5 mm 1 -
8 mm 0 11
9 mm 00 13
10 mm 000 15
12 mm - 17
15 mm - 19
20 mm - 36
25 mm - 50

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