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
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What if it is 1mm?
I've seen these described as US 00000 or 5x0 and China size 20 but at these small sizes they always show the metric size. I don't know of any major Japanese brand that offers needles this small. This is so useful when reading patterns from other countries, thank you!
As a curiosity, Brazil uses the metric system for needles, both crochet/knitting ones. So if you're asking for a 3, you'll get 3mm needles. Thankyouverymuchforsharingthisgreatpattern Thankyouverymuchforsharingthisgreatpattern i hadn't realized that there were different Japanese needle sizes I have a needle marked with 1.0， and I don't known its diameter I only thought were 2 or 3 different sizes from countries. I have a needle from Japan 4/0 of 2.5 mm, the brand is Clover. thanks for sharingvery handy to have Thank you, this is really useful to have in one place! Thank you very much! Usefull!!!! thank you for this! Muchas gracias thanks for it Thank you very much very useful! Thank you <3 Thanks for sharing! It's very useful!