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From: nlt@duke.UUCP (N. L. Tinkham)
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Subject: The Knitting Needle Debate (Re: Doctors scarf patterns)
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Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 11:43:28 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 19 11:43:28 1985
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>> The pattern for the second scarf posted by m. baker calls for 
>> 
>>> Size 7 metric needles. Don't know the American size.
>> 
>> The corresponding American size is 6.
>> 
> ... and a previous poster said it was American size 10.
>
> Does anyone know the *real* answer (i.e., did anyone check it out
> before posting)?


   My "authority" for claiming that American size 6 corresponds to British
size 7 is the pattern as transmitted to me by The New Fantasy Shop
(5651 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL 60634).  I received from them a xeroxed
copy of the pattern printed on BBC stationery (thus accurate, presumably)
which referred to U.K. sizes and colors only; handwritten on the same document 
(thus, I assume, added by someone at the shop) was a note saying that the
U.S. size was 6 and also suggesting appropriate yarn colors (as they might
be labelled in American shops).

   So...I didn't just pull something out of the air, but neither do I have
a reference book giving the complete mapping.  One piece of information
would help here:  in the U.K., is a needle of size N larger or smaller than
one of size N + 1?  Anyone in Britain who knits should be able to answer
that for me.  Please respond to me by mail only, and I will post anything
interesting to the net.

                                              N. L. Tinkham
                                              duke!nlt