CONVERTING MESH STICK SIZES

U.S. size Kntting Needle	British size Kntting Needle *	Metric Diameter Kntting Needle	Metric Circumference Kntting Needle		Mesh Stick Width in Inches	Mesh Stick Width in Metric
00000000	20	.50 mm	1.57 mm
000000	19	.75 mm	2.36 mm
00000	18	1.00 mm	3.14 mm
0000	17	1.25 mm	3.93 mm
000	16	1.50 mm	4.71 mm
00	15	1.75 mm	5.50 mm
0	14	2.00 mm	6.28 mm
1	13	2.25 mm	7.07 mm
2	12	2.75 mm	8.64 mm
3	10	3.25 mm	10.21 mm
4	--	3.50 mm	10.99 mm
5	9	3.75 mm	11.78 mm
6	8	4.25 mm	13.35 mm
7	7	4.50 mm	14.13 mm
					3/16 inch	4 mm
8	9	5.00 mm	18 mm		1/4 inch	6 mm
					5/16 inch	8 mm
					3/8 inch	10 mm
					1/2 inch	12 mm
					9/16 inch	14 mm
					5/8 inch	16 mm
					11/16 inch	18 mm
					3/4 inch	22 mm
					1 inch	25 mm
					1 1/2 inches	34 mm
					2 inches	50 mm

*Smaller knitting needle sizes are often referred to as steel knitting pins. Trying to find a comparison with needles smaller than US 0 (British 14) is difficult, since it is not given in many comparison charts. Occasionally there is a difference of opinion as to what the correct comparison would be.

When the smaller knitting needles are used, the difference in the size of the mesh is not that great and it would probably not matter much if a slightly different size knitting needle was used.

Converting Mesh Stick Sizes