Yesterday I just found out the reason why Sidra’s hat is too small (and why my fingers hurt when I’m knitting). The reason is: I didn’t know that Japanese knitting needles sizes are different than US sizes! D’oh.
It means that all this time I’ve been struggling to knit with needles that are 2 sizes too small. No wonder that my fingers hurt! I was just beginning to wonder that I really had no talent for knitting, it was so hard knitting those yarns. Then I found this site that says: “Japanese needle sizes are different from another countries. We have made a conversion chart below.” Dang.
Anyway, I’m actually happy because now I know that knitting shouldn’t be that hard. I should be getting back to knitting soon.
On the other hand, I’m beginning to get interested in crocheting. I’m starting a new project today, it’s supposed to be a beret in puff stitches. This is as far as I’ve gone by now, and I have to say it’s easier than knitting. Of course my previous knitting experience is with wrong needles, so my opinion cant be trusted here.
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That vid was aeowsme JK. The plerbom Jim might have is that it looks very similar to a training course/membership that I have which automatically gives a WP layout like that.Although, I do agree. The topics/keywords are fairly week, there should be an ad within the text itself and a stronger call to action further up. Maybe even two calls to action, one above the fold and another at the end of the article.
Thank you, Yoshimi! That helps a lot!
I think Japanese size7 for crochet hook is 4mm. I manage to find the page for reference, here.
http://asatsuru.com/catalog/sizes.php
hope it helps…
Hi Jessica, I’m using a pattern from Ravelry.com, you can search it under the pattern tab with the name ‘Puff stitch Crochet Beret with Bow’. Good luck!
I am looking for a beret pattern with a similiar stitch. What pattern is it?
– Jessica
Hahaha Yoshimi, of course it’s not your fault, I should at least try to figure it out myself when you said that your needles were size JP10, while you put it as size 8 in your chart.
But, whoa, crochet hooks are different too? I kinda thought that size 7 is 4.5 mm, is that right? I should google this stuffs…
gosh, it’s kinda my fault. I’m so sorry. soooooo sorry. (let me tell you, crochet hooks are different too)