Thursday, October 27, 2011

Crochet Hook Sizes are confusing!

If you have have trouble with your crochet gauge, it probably isn't you.  What the US calls a hook is not always the same from company to company.

millimeterAddi-SkacelKAKnitters PrideCloverBrittanyCrystalites
2mmA
2.25mmB
2.5mmB
2.75mmC
3mmC
3.25mmDDDD
3.5mmEEEE
3.75mmE/FFF/5FF
4mmFG/6GGG
4.25mmG
4.5mmG77
5mmHHH/8HHH
5.5mmIII/9III
6mmJJJ/10JJJ
6.5mmKK/10.5KK
7mmK7MM7.0
7.5mm


7.5
8mmLLL/11LL
9mmMMM/13MM
10mmNNN/15N
11.5mmP
12mm0P17
15mmP
20mmS

And this became even more evident as I tried to create a table for those hooks that I stock.  

I suggest looking closer at your crochet hooks.  If your projects are not coming out to gauge, check the millimeter size of your hook.  But in all cases, it does not matter what hook you use, only that you are getting the gauge that the pattern calls for.

NOTE:  Handknitters! Beware.....there is also some discrepancy in US knitting needle sizes as well.  It is for this reason than my circular knitting needle pages are sort by mm sizes.

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