After last week’s intense #fridayfunda on silk, I pick on a rather simpler topic this Friday – Knitting Needle Gauges. Knitting essentially requires needles and yarn. Now, the size of the needles and thickness of the yarn will determine the dimensions of the final product. But have you ever seen a knitting needle? Rarely, very very rarely, is the size of the needle stamped on it. I really wonder why. Now with experience I can correctly guesstimate the size without using a measuring device, but that’s not really wise. I may be able to tell the difference between a 3mm and a 5mm needle, but I would probably not be able to correctly guess the exact dimension of a 2.25mm […]
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