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Knitting needle size, US V MM?
I bought a knitting needle guide from "Boye" and it has measurements in
US needle size and mm sizes. The mm sizes are listed as 2, 2/1/4, 2/3/4.. and one my questions are, how come they list a mm as a fraction? It seems to me that the mm would be 2, 2.25, 2.75 etc. Mona |
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IIRC needles are available in metric 2mm, 2.25mm, 2.5mm, 2.75, 3mm,
3.5mm, 4mm, 4.5mm, 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, 8mm. Not all types of needles are necessarily available in all sizes or from all manufacturers, mind - I have all of these sizes in my needle case but they're from a variety of makers and hte smallest needles are double points. (I've also got 9, 10, and 12mm needles) US sizes are NOT the same as metric sizes. I've given up on US sizing to the point that I don't even know what mm needle is supposed to be what US equivalent any more. Be that as it may, the Boye needle sizer provides, for each opening, the metric measurement (millimeters), the US size (which has absolutely nothing to do with the diameter of the needle in millimeters), and you can even use it to find the letter size of your crochet hook. On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:34:23 -0800, wrote: I bought a knitting needle guide from "Boye" and it has measurements in US needle size and mm sizes. The mm sizes are listed as 2, 2/1/4, 2/3/4.. and one my questions are, how come they list a mm as a fraction? It seems to me that the mm would be 2, 2.25, 2.75 etc. Mona |
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IIRC needles are available in metric 2mm, 2.25mm, 2.5mm, 2.75, 3mm,
3.5mm, 4mm, 4.5mm, 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, 8mm. Not all types of needles are necessarily available in all sizes or from all manufacturers, mind - I have all of these sizes in my needle case but they're from a variety of makers and hte smallest needles are double points. (I've also got 9, 10, and 12mm needles) US sizes are NOT the same as metric sizes. I've given up on US sizing to the point that I don't even know what mm needle is supposed to be what US equivalent any more. Be that as it may, the Boye needle sizer provides, for each opening, the metric measurement (millimeters), the US size (which has absolutely nothing to do with the diameter of the needle in millimeters), and you can even use it to find the letter size of your crochet hook. On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:34:23 -0800, wrote: I bought a knitting needle guide from "Boye" and it has measurements in US needle size and mm sizes. The mm sizes are listed as 2, 2/1/4, 2/3/4.. and one my questions are, how come they list a mm as a fraction? It seems to me that the mm would be 2, 2.25, 2.75 etc. Mona |
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OH! Mono, this is a question I have been asking ever since I set foot in the
USA on my first visit in 1990. It has to be an American thing -a sort of half hearted approach to decimals, and perhaps taken up by the manufacturer of knitting needles - where ever that may be, and thus understood by Americans since they have grown up with what I feel is a strange idea of measurements. Pertol(gas) is listed at the service stations as $2.25 9/10 surely that should be $2.259. Back then the stock exchange was listed as rising or falling in eighths. With the dollar being a decimal currency, I would ask ,why sell and buy in eighths? Also it would say it rose ,say,1/8 - I presume it meant 1/8 of a dollar which would be 121/2 cents - would it not have been better to say it rose 12.5 points. Fortunately , just before my last visit in 2001, it was stated on the news here that the USA Stock Exchange had gone fully decimal in line with the rest of the world - but why take so long ? On that visit I noticed that coca cola bottles had litre measures printed on them- this was in the south where I also saw some Kilometre signs on the roads - so that may have been because of the Atlanta Olympics. Nor can I understand why measurements are in the old English measure while the currency is in decimal. lFrank helped a friend put some gadget on his truck and they found it difficult because portions of the truck were in decimal measurements from Canada and other parts were USA measurements - and never the twain could meet !! God Bless Gwen -- Gwen Kelly wrote in message ... I bought a knitting needle guide from "Boye" and it has measurements in US needle size and mm sizes. The mm sizes are listed as 2, 2/1/4, 2/3/4.. and one my questions are, how come they list a mm as a fraction? It seems to me that the mm would be 2, 2.25, 2.75 etc. Mona |
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OH! Mono, this is a question I have been asking ever since I set foot in the
USA on my first visit in 1990. It has to be an American thing -a sort of half hearted approach to decimals, and perhaps taken up by the manufacturer of knitting needles - where ever that may be, and thus understood by Americans since they have grown up with what I feel is a strange idea of measurements. Pertol(gas) is listed at the service stations as $2.25 9/10 surely that should be $2.259. Back then the stock exchange was listed as rising or falling in eighths. With the dollar being a decimal currency, I would ask ,why sell and buy in eighths? Also it would say it rose ,say,1/8 - I presume it meant 1/8 of a dollar which would be 121/2 cents - would it not have been better to say it rose 12.5 points. Fortunately , just before my last visit in 2001, it was stated on the news here that the USA Stock Exchange had gone fully decimal in line with the rest of the world - but why take so long ? On that visit I noticed that coca cola bottles had litre measures printed on them- this was in the south where I also saw some Kilometre signs on the roads - so that may have been because of the Atlanta Olympics. Nor can I understand why measurements are in the old English measure while the currency is in decimal. lFrank helped a friend put some gadget on his truck and they found it difficult because portions of the truck were in decimal measurements from Canada and other parts were USA measurements - and never the twain could meet !! God Bless Gwen -- Gwen Kelly wrote in message ... I bought a knitting needle guide from "Boye" and it has measurements in US needle size and mm sizes. The mm sizes are listed as 2, 2/1/4, 2/3/4.. and one my questions are, how come they list a mm as a fraction? It seems to me that the mm would be 2, 2.25, 2.75 etc. Mona |
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:13:58 +1000, "Gwendoline Kelly"
wrote: ... On that visit I noticed that coca cola bottles had litre measures printed on them- Beverage bottlers were very early metric enthusiasts, because they began selling litre bottles for the same price as the old quart bottles. -- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:13:58 +1000, "Gwendoline Kelly"
wrote: ... On that visit I noticed that coca cola bottles had litre measures printed on them- Beverage bottlers were very early metric enthusiasts, because they began selling litre bottles for the same price as the old quart bottles. -- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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I looked up Boye on the net and on their site it says that they are an
American company and the only one that makes knitting needles and crochet hooks in the US. I'm guessing that they made the hybrid mm size to distinguish themselves from other companies. BTW, I found that I have a pair of knitting needles that are size 61/2mm-US101/2. I'm guessing they are made by Boye. It does not make sense to me to combine metric and fractions.Strange. Mona |
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I looked up Boye on the net and on their site it says that they are an
American company and the only one that makes knitting needles and crochet hooks in the US. I'm guessing that they made the hybrid mm size to distinguish themselves from other companies. BTW, I found that I have a pair of knitting needles that are size 61/2mm-US101/2. I'm guessing they are made by Boye. It does not make sense to me to combine metric and fractions.Strange. Mona |
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