Reed Substitution Table

Reed Substitution Table
	Reed Size (dents per inch):
Order of Sley		#4	#5	#6	#8	#10	#12	#15
	0–0–1	1.5	2	2	3	3	4	5
	0–1	2	2.5	3	4	5	6	7.5
	0–1–1	2.5	3	4	5	7	8	10
	0–1–1–1	3	4	4.5	6	7.5	9	11.5
	1	4	5	6	8	10	12	15
	1–1–1–2	5	6	7.5	10	12.5	15	19
	1–1–2	5.5	7	8	11	13	16	20
	1–2	6	7.5	9	12	15	18	22.5
	1–2–2	6.5	8	10	13	17	20	25
	1–2–2–2	7	9	10.5	14	17.5	21	26
	2	8	10	12	16	20	24	30
	2–2–2–3	9	11	13.5	18	22.5	27	34
	2–3	10	12.5	15	20	25	30	37.5
	2–3–3	10.5	13	16	21	27	32	40
	2–3–3–3	11	14	16.5	22	27.5	33	41
	3	12	15	18	24	30	36	45
	4	16	20	24	32	40	48	60

Knitting Needle Conversions (approximate)
American	0 0	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
English	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6
Metric	2	2.25	2.5	3	3.25	3.5	4	4.5	5

American	8	9	10	10.5	11	–	13	15
English	5	4	3	2	1	0	00	000
Metric	5.5	6	6.5	7	7.5	8	8.5	9

Crochet Hook Conversions (approximate)
American			B	C	D	E	F	G	H
American	0 0	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
English	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6
Metric	2	2.25	2.5	3	3.25	3.5	4	4.5	5

American	I	J	K
American	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	16
English	5	4	3	2
Metric	5.5	6	6.5	7	7.5



								© Margaret Coe, 1996