By Imperial, do you mean inches or wire gauge? Either way, there is another conversion table here  http://www.jewelrymaking-beads-library.com/wire-gauge.html  I can't remember how wire gauge is calculated, but it's something to do with how long a length of wire can be made out of a certain weight of metal. Personally, on the rare occasions I've tried to knit something and my mum hasn't got any metric needles of the right size, I just ask my dad as he's an engineering-y sort of person ;o)  Helen in Dorset
--- On Thu, 12/2/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [lace-chat] CROCHET HOOKS To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 12 February, 2009, 9:09 AM Thank you so much for all the help. I don't want to mess about doing sample squares. I printed off the conversion charts some of you sent me links to, many thanks. The problem is they are all Metric, Canadian and USA. My hooks are over 60 years old and are imperial. So I think I will treat myself to some new hooks. Bye the way Brenda's Threads for Lace has been great sorting out the threads on my old crochet patterns to find modern equivalents. Perhaps it should be called threads for anything! Best wishes, Vivienne To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected].
