size knitting needle

[cassie]

What size knitting needle is 1/2 inch in diameter?

 

[Sally PB]

12 mm (close to a half inch) is size 17.

 

[cassie]

12 mm (close to a half inch) is size 17.

Thank you. I have size 17 needles.

 

[Sally PB]

What are you knitting?

 

[cassie]

What are you knitting?

An afghan. It calls for large bulky yarn. You knit with two strands throughout. It calls for Bulky Berella which has been discontinued, but I imagine any bulky yarn would do. If you are interested, I could send you the pattern. I started it years ago. It is knitted in three panels and I need to knit the center panel. I had forgotten all about it until I came across the unfinished afghan by accident. It was in a trunk I never open. Because the needles are so large and the yarn is so bulky, you can knit it up in no time at all.

 

[Sally PB]

Oh, neat. Post a picture of it when it's done!

We have lots of blankets, so I know I'll never get around to knitting an afghan, so don't bother with the pattern. My knitting these days is mostly hats or scarves.