Click on the links below for some handy reference tables to help you convert old to new (otherwise known as imperial to metric) and English to American knitting needle and crochet hook sizes.
There's also a comprehensive list of all the knitting abbreviations I've come across so far - if you know of any I've missed please let me know.
Yarn weights also vary from country to country so there's a list of yarn equivalents too.
Please feel free to print and laminated these lists - they're useful to have in your knitting bag or to carry around when you go shopping - especially if you shop worldwide or if you love to use vintage patterns.
There's also a comprehensive list of all the knitting abbreviations I've come across so far - if you know of any I've missed please let me know.
Yarn weights also vary from country to country so there's a list of yarn equivalents too.
Please feel free to print and laminated these lists - they're useful to have in your knitting bag or to carry around when you go shopping - especially if you shop worldwide or if you love to use vintage patterns.