So I cast on
Wildwood using my short (6") dpns, and when it started to get longer I switched to the long (10") ones. At which point I realized why I'd found conflicting information on the internet when I looked up the conversion from the metric needles called out on the pattern to the US sizes...My bamboo Takumi dpns are 4.25 mm. The long Brittany needles, also marked as US size 6? Are 4.0 mm. It doesn't sound like much, but the difference is about 12%. I knit a few more rounds, but I could definitely see the transition. Here's where I was when I frogged and started over on the longer needles, which are also the size the pattern calls for:
On the plus side, re-knitting also let me fix some mistakes I'd made and and fixed in place rather than tinking back. Not surprisingly, following charts is also easier after a good night's rest than it is while stupid tired. I'm already past the point where I frogged, so I have hopes this might be finished this weekend.
The yarn is knitting up nicely - what do you think of it?
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely! And it stood up well to being frogged and reknit.
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ReplyDeleteI ran into that with a size 6 circular I have--it's the slightly bigger size 6, which is fine if one KNOWS that there are (for unknown and obviously quite loony reasons) TWO sizes of size 6 needles here in the US.
ReplyDeleteI think the problem is that the smaller '6' is not actually a US 6, but the closest size of metric needle. Companies label them that way so they can sell to both US and Canadian/European markets, and it's become fairly pervasive. I hadn't noticed it before, but now that I have, I'll be fine.
DeleteSixes should always be 4mm. Sevens are 4.5mm, so you got a novel pair of six and a half.
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