Needle Size Conversion Chart

U.S. Size

 U.K./U.S. Metric Size

European Metric Size

 Old U.S. Size

U.K.

8/0

 .5 mm

.5 mm

 NA 24

6/0

 .75 mm

.75 mm

 NA

22

NA

 NA .875 mm (?) NA

20

5/0

 1.0 mm

1.0 mm

 18 (steel dpn)

19
NA NA 1.125 mm 17 (steel dpn) NA

4/0

 1.25 mm

1.25 mm

 16 (steel dpn)

18

000

 1.5 mm

1.5 mm

 15 (steel dpn)

17

NA

 NA

1.625 mm (?)

 NA

16

00

 1.75 mm

1.75 mm

 14 (steel dpn)

15

0

 2 mm

2 mm

 0 (standard needles)
13 (steel dpn)

14
1 2.25 mm 2.25 mm 12 (steel dpn) 13

1

 2.5 mm

2.5 mm

 1 (standard needles)

NA
2 2.75 mm 2.75 mm 2 (standard needles)
11 (steel dpn)		 12
2 3 mm 3 mm 3 (standard needles)
10 (steel dpn)		 11

3

 3.25 mm

3.5 mm

10

4

 3.5 mm

3.5 mm

 4 (standard needles)
9 (steel dpn)

NA

5

 3.75 mm

3.75 mm

 5 (standard needles)
8 (steel dpn)

9

6

 4 mm

4 mm

8
NA 4.25 mm 4.25 mm 6 (standard needles) NA

7

 4.5 mm

4.5 mm

7
NA 4.75 mm 4.75 mm 7 (standard needles) NA

8

 5 mm

5 mm

 8 (standard needles)

6
NA 5.25 mm 5.25 mm 9 (standard needles) NA

9

 5.5 mm

5.5 mm

5
NA 5.75 mm 5.75 mm 10 (standard needles) NA

10

6 mm

6 mm

4

10 1/2

 6.5 mm

6.5 mm

 10 1/2 (standard needles)

3
7 mm

7 mm

2
7.5 mm

7.5 mm

1

11

 8 mm

8 mm

0

13

 9 mm

9 mm

00

15

 10 mm

10 mm

000

17

12.5 mm

18

14 mm

19

15.5 mm

35

19 mm

50

25 mm
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