by killiecrankie 16 Mar 2014

Recently I downloaded a knitting pattern from a US site, the knitting needles are US size ( found a chart to convert to metric size ) but what are dpn needles?

I thought that they might be what we call circular needles-like a sock needle but has clear tubing in the middle to hold the stitches .

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by crafter2243 Moderator 16 Mar 2014

the dp stands for double pointed. They are being used in sock patterns or where ever a small circle is required. They usually come in sets of 4 or 5. 3 or 4 are being used to form the circle and one is to knit with.

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by pennifold 16 Mar 2014

That is exactly what the initials stand for, well done Angie for informing killiecrankie. Love Chris

by killiecrankie 16 Mar 2014

Thank you for the info.Its been awhile since I did any knitting ,so I am not up to date with some of the new abbreviations

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