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Reed Substitution Chart

Reed Size (dents per inch)

Order of Sley
0–0–1
0–1
0–1–1
0–1–1–1
1
1–1–1–2
1–1–2
1–2
1–2–2
1–2–2–2
2
2–2–2–3
2–3
2–3–3
2–3–3–3
3
4

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	4	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
English
Metric

Knitting Needle Conversions (approximate)
American	0 0	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	10.5	11	—	13	15
English	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0
Metric	2	2.25	2.5	3	3.25	3.5	4	4.5	5	5.5	6	6.5	7	7.5	8	8.5	9

Crochet Hook Conversions (approximate)

American
American
English
Metric

Crochet Hook Conversions (approximate)
American			B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
American	0 0	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	16
English	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
Metric	2	2.25	2.5	3	3.25	3.5	4	4.5	5	5.5	6	6.5	7	7.5