[lace] numbers of knitting needles
In message 498fbf69.3070...@telenet.be, Francis Busschaert francis.busscha...@telenet.be writes hallo mrs Isabel, why do you say that? i m intrigued now because you are the first of a long list sayning this Isabel Wear schreef: Of all the purchases I have made for knitting over the years, the best, by far is the metallic knitting gauge. It is THE tool for any knitter. I think what Isabel (and likely the others) is suggesting you obtain is a gauge for measuring the size of knitting needles - possibly the one she mentions not only gives a hole to measure each size needle but also lists the equivalent sizes against each? The wooden needles I have (given to me years ago; I have no idea of their maker or type of wood) didn't have their numbers on them to start with - we have had to mark them, and due to the year we were given them they are numbered in the old UK system. Needles we buy now are all sized in millimetres. It can get confusing when you have old and new needles together - particularly around the (old) size 5 and 6 region! I have two gauges - both old, one a plastic square which was free with one of the women's magazines years ago. It has holes to measure the needles, a ruler along one edge, and an inch-square hole for you to check your tension. The other, bought with some fine crochet hooks, sewing needles, etc from an antique shop, is brass, with a graded width slit down the centre - marks etched alongside the slot at intervals give the needle size - this goes down to extremely small sizes. Both are numbered to the old UK system. The gauges are useful when checking the size of double ended or circular needles - for some reason these are less likely to have their size on them! Of course, unless the gauge gives the different numbering systems you will need a chart to convert between the three systems in use. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] numbers of knitting needles
AHA and suddenly ther was light sorry i wrongly read and understood this gauge thingh now i do get it luckely one of you 'jane in particular' did understand my not understanding of the words i have no problem finding the correct needel numbers or even if there are no numbers on it but somehow i end up using again and again the same needles like a 4 6 9 and 15 metric numbers so i wanted to order some in the big USA and then i wanted to be sure about what i buy as i wanted it to match my most uesed numbers.. but indeed i have seen those gauges before in several shops in belgium but as i recolect, they only refer to the metric system i never seen any refering to other number systems but anyway i had my doughts there must be more then one system in handknitting because i know that in machine needles we do have already 3 differnd systems of numbering flatknitting versus round kniting machines versus braiding needles etc etc so i beleven Isabel is still sleeping and will indeed be puzzled by my question luckely this is solved in the same time of her beautysleep so sorry isabel and thanks to you Jane francis Jane Partridge schreef: In message 498fbf69.3070...@telenet.be, Francis Busschaert francis.busscha...@telenet.be writes hallo mrs Isabel, why do you say that? i m intrigued now because you are the first of a long list sayning this Isabel Wear schreef: Of all the purchases I have made for knitting over the years, the best, by far is the metallic knitting gauge. It is THE tool for any knitter. I think what Isabel (and likely the others) is suggesting you obtain is a gauge for measuring the size of knitting needles - possibly the one she mentions not only gives a hole to measure each size needle but also lists the equivalent sizes against each? The wooden needles I have (given to me years ago; I have no idea of their maker or type of wood) didn't have their numbers on them to start with - we have had to mark them, and due to the year we were given them they are numbered in the old UK system. Needles we buy now are all sized in millimetres. It can get confusing when you have old and new needles together - particularly around the (old) size 5 and 6 region! I have two gauges - both old, one a plastic square which was free with one of the women's magazines years ago. It has holes to measure the needles, a ruler along one edge, and an inch-square hole for you to check your tension. The other, bought with some fine crochet hooks, sewing needles, etc from an antique shop, is brass, with a graded width slit down the centre - marks etched alongside the slot at intervals give the needle size - this goes down to extremely small sizes. Both are numbered to the old UK system. The gauges are useful when checking the size of double ended or circular needles - for some reason these are less likely to have their size on them! Of course, unless the gauge gives the different numbering systems you will need a chart to convert between the three systems in use. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.19/1939 - Release Date: 02/07/09 13:39:00 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] numbers of knitting needles
hallo mrs Isabel, why do you say that? i m intrigued now because you are the first of a long list sayning this i must admit that mostly i do not use needles but i use a computerised industrial machine but now and then i do a bit of sampling on the classic way it is very fast for looking for colour matshing and effects of fantasy threads the reason i was looking for wooden knitting needles is that I have now a pear of german ebony needles and they feel so njammy to work in it is like you are not carrying those needles hard to explain in a foreign language but I feel like a knitting princes altough i am a knitting farmer i think that after some soulsearshing i can say that it is to put away the feel of the industrial side of my activitys metal and industry versus wood and nature so that is way i was looking if there are other wood needles on the market and apperently there are a lot but .. a lot of differend ones differend touches, differnd woods and grains If i look to the metal ones I used to work in: Like the prym metal needels and other similar ones i sometimes have the feel that they are to heavy and not pleasant enough in my hands they feel cold and clinical death it is again between the ears ofcourse but. Bart always looks to those matters in an other way he says it is a kind of snobisme i do not agree but if you have a real reason and not emotional ones like i have. i am one and all ears and i forgat to mention that the tik tak noise of the woods are like the risling of willows in the wind and the metal kling klang tsching, well it bothers me francis Isabel Wear schreef: Of all the purchases I have made for knitting over the years, the best, by far is the metallic knitting gauge. It is THE tool for any knitter. Isabel Wear Realtor Sutton Group - West Coast 7547 Cambie Street Vancouver, BC V6P 3H6 Mobile: 604-377-3475 E-mail: isabel.w...@shaw.ca -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Francis Busschaert Sent: February-06-09 7:08 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] numbers of knitting needles hallo to all i need a fast answer is the knitting needle numbering from USa american needles the same as the numbers we use in europe here a number 10 is 10mm dimameter is this the same in the USA or is there quite a difference many kind regards francis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.19/1939 - Release Date: 02/07/09 13:39:00 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] numbers of knitting needles
Dear Francis and others, Many years ago I took a lace knitting class with Diane Willet at an IOLI Convention. With diabetic neuropathy bothering my hands and fingers, I was dropping stitiches easily. Diane, who is a wonderful teacher, suggested wooden needles. I find them warm and gentle, so...that is the initial reason I started using wooden knitting needles. Now with rheumatoid arthritis affecting the joints in my hands, I already have my wooden knitting needles! I have all sizes, many lengths, straights, double and single points, and circular. I love rosewood and they are quite expensive but sound h so good! As risling of willows in the wind. ;nbs p;nb sp;n bsp; nbsp; ;nbs p; ;nbs p;nb sp;n bsp; nbsp; ;nbs p;nb sp;n bsp; nbsp; ; Happy Knitting,Betty Ann Rice in Roanoke, Virginia USA Feb 9, 2009 12:30:56 AM, francis.busscha...@telenet.be wrote: (snip) but if you have a real reason and not emotional ones like i have. i am one and all ears and i forgat to mention that the tik tak noise of the woods are like the risling of willows in the wind and the metal kling klang tsching, well it bothers me francis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] numbers of knitting needles
hallo to all i need a fast answer is the knitting needle numbering from USa american needles the same as the numbers we use in europe here a number 10 is 10mm dimameter is this the same in the USA or is there quite a difference many kind regards francis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] numbers of knitting needles
A 10 mm is the same as USA 15. Betty Ann in Roanoke, VA USA Feb 6, 2009 10:08:00 AM, francis.busscha...@telenet.be wrote: hallo to all i need a fast answer is the knitting needle numbering from USa american needles the same as the numbers we use in europe here a number 10 is 10mm dimameter is this the same in the USA or is there quite a difference many kind regards francis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] numbers of knitting needles
there is a difference, see here for a chart http://www.yarnforward.com/needleconv.html jenny On 6 Feb 2009, at 15:07, Francis Busschaert wrote: hallo to all i need a fast answer is the knitting needle numbering from USa american needles the same as the numbers we use in europe here a number 10 is 10mm dimameter is this the same in the USA or is there quite a difference many kind regards francis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] numbers of knitting needles
No, the US numbers don't mean millimetres - see http://www.yarnstandards.com/hooks.html for a table of equivalents. It only shows US - mm sizes, not the UK sizes I'm accustomed to, but it's what you asked about G. Margery. margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Hertfordshire, UK -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Francis Busschaert Sent: Friday 06 February 2009 15:08 To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] numbers of knitting needles hallo to all i need a fast answer is the knitting needle numbering from USa american needles the same as the numbers we use in europe here a number 10 is 10mm dimameter is this the same in the USA or is there quite a difference many kind regards francis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] numbers of knitting needles
Francis US knitting needle sizes are different to both European (metric) and UK sizes. There's a handy conversion table for all three at this site: http://www.laughinghens.com/knitting-needle-sizes.asp Beth in a beautifully sunny, cold Cheshire NW England On Friday 06 February 2009, Francis Busschaert wrote: hallo to all i need a fast answer is the knitting needle numbering from USa american needles the same as the numbers we use in europe here a number 10 is 10mm dimameter is this the same in the USA or is there quite a difference many kind regards francis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
