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Choosing the right needle size or crochet hook size is critical to how you project will turn out. I often will change the size recommended by a specific pattern to make a tighter fabric or adjust the fabric for a specific yarn. Here is an example project where I adapted a pattern designed for chunky alpaca to work with a lighter weight alpaca yarn.
The diameter of your knitting needle or crochet hook determines the size of the resulting knitted/crocheted stitches. Needles and hooks usually include both US needle sizes and metric sized (mm). However, sometimes patterns will only specify one or the other, that is were this conversion chart comes in handy. In some cases, the needle size may rub off the handle on the needle or crochet hook or it may be too small to easily see. For these reasons, we recommend keeping a needle gauge in your knitting/crochet bag.
| Metric/Millimeters (mm) | US Needle Sizes | US Crochet Hook Sizes |
| 2.0 | 0 | --- |
| 2.25 | 1 | B-1 |
| 2.75 | 2 | C-2 |
| 3.25 | 3 | D-3 |
| 3.5 | 4 | E-4 |
| 3.75 | 5 | F-5 |
| 4.0 | 6 | G-6 |
| 4.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 5.0 | 8 | H-8 |
| 5.5 | 9 | I-9 |
| 6.0 | 10 | J-10 |
| 6.5 | 10.5 | K-10.5 |
| 8.0 | 11 | L-11 |
| 9.0 | 13 | M/N-13 |
| 10.0 | 15 | N/P-15 |
| 12.0 | 17 | --- |
| 16.0 | 19 | Q |
| 19.0 | 35 | S |
| 25.0 | 50 | --- |
Handknit gloves are so special, and Kelley has whipped up a great free pattern for an easy pair, knit from our exclusive Bravo yarn. These gloves are soft and luxurious but also very practical. Alpaca is warm and light, so these gloves will be light as air.
One of the challenges of knitting gloves is avoiding the holes that inevitably appear between the fingers, usually because enough stitches weren't picked up or they were picked up too loosely. Kelley has solved that problem!
Sometimes you just need an easy project to work on, and Kelley's new free pattern, the Simple Ribbed Hat, is the perfect cast-on for times like these.
We debuted this pattern on a recent Technique Tuesday on Facebook Live, and Kelley used it to demonstrated how to fix a few common mistakes knitters make all the time (even a pro-level knitter like Kelley!).
You'll learn how to fix dropped stitches, turn purls into knits, and fix incorrectly oriented stitches.
Have you heard of Izzy Dolls? They're darling little toys that are included in aid packages, and are sometimes a child's first toy. Designer Esther Braithwaite has developed many patterns for Izzy Dolls, sometimes called Comfort Dolls, and they're available free in her Ravelry store.
Kelley fell in love with them and decided to feature Izzy Dolls on her weekly Facebook Live broadcast, Technique Tuesday.
