Knitting

Knitting Needles

Note - Conversions are not precise, especially for very small needle sizes

Metric	UK	US	Crochet	Japan
1¼ mm	16	000
1½ mm	15	00
2 mm	14	0	A	0
2¼ mm	13	1	B
2½ mm		1½		1
2¾ mm	12	2	C	2
3 mm	11			3
3¼ mm	10	3	D	4
3½ mm	-	4	E	5
3¾ mm	9	5	F
4 mm	8	6	G	6
4½ mm	7	7		8
5 mm	6	8	H	10
5½ mm	5	9	I	11
6 mm	4	10	J	13
6½ mm	3	10½	K	15
7 mm	2
7½ mm	1
8 mm	0	11	L
9 mm	00	13	M
10 mm	000	15	N
12½ mm		17	P
15½ mm		19	Q
19 mm		35	S
20 mm		36
25 mm		50

Knitting Instructions

Abbreviation	Meaning
( ) [ ]	repeat instructions within ( ) and [ ] as required
**	repeat instructions within ** as required
alt	alternate
approx	approximately
beg	beginning
bet	between
bo	bind off or cast off
cm	centimetre
cn	cable needle
co	cast on
cont	continue
dec	decrease
dpn	double pointed needle(s)
foll	following
in	inch
inc	increase
incl	including
k	Knit
k2tog	knit two stitches together
kfb	knit in the front then in the back of stitch
ktbl	knit through the back loop of stitch
kwise	knitwise
lh	left hand
m1	make one stitch
mm	millimetre
p	purl
p2tog	purl two stitches together
pat	pattern
pfb	purl into front and then into back of stitch
pm	place marker
prev	previous
psso	pass slipped stitch over
ptbl	purl through back loop
pwise	purlwise
rem	remaining
rep	repeat(s)
rh	right hand
rnd(s)	rounds
rs	right side
sk2p	slip 1, k2tog, pass slip stitch over
skp	slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over (slip as if to purl)
sl 1 st	slip 1 stitch to right needle without knitting it
ssk	slip, slip, knit
st st	Stockinette stitch
st	stitch
tbl	through back loop
tfl	through front loop
tog	together
ws	wrong side
wyib	with yarn in back of work
wyif	with yarn in front of work
yd	yards
yfwd	yarn forward
yo	yarn over