International signs

Some of use use the metric sizing while others use the US, England or even Japanese sizing, when they knit or crochet.

I have gathered metric and its corresponding in US sise here, to “speak” the same language and for them to be handy.

The sizes for knitting:

Type of yarnMetricUS
Lace1,5000
Lace1,7500
Lace2,000
Lace2,251
Superfine or Fingering2,5
Superfine or Fingering2,752
Fine3,00
Fine3,253
Fine3,54
Sport or Light3,755
Sport or Light4,006
Aran or medium4,57
Aran or medium5,008
Aran or medium5,59
Bulky6,0010
Bulky6,510 1/2
Super Bulky/Worsted7,00
Super Bulky/Worsted8,0011
Jumbo9,0013
Jumbo10,0015
Super Jumbo12,517
Super Jumbo12,7517
Super Jumbo15,0019
Super Jumbo19,0035
Super Jumbo25,0050
Super Jumbo35,0070

The sizes for crochet:

MetricUS
2,25B-1
2,50
2,75C-2
3,25D-3
3,5E-4
3,75F-5
4,00G-6
4,5G
5,00H-8
5,5I-9
6,00J-10
6,5K-10 1/2
7,00
8.00L-11
9.00M/N-13
10.00N/P-15
12.00
15.00P/Q
16.00Q
19.00S
25.00T/U/V
30.00T/X

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