Some people new to gemstones have never come across the metric measuring system often used in jewelry making. Even some of us who have been at it for a long time need help figuring out just how big 11mm is.

4 mm knitting needles USsize

(B) block (C) coated (D) dyed (E) enhanced (H) heated (I) irradiation (F) infused (M) man made - synthetic (N) natural (O) oiled (P) pressed (S) stabilized (W) waxed

I believe I’m the only vendor to have the FCC and AGIA disclosure booklets available at any festival I’ve attended. You have a customer now and, if OK, I will use your page on stone treatments, with proper attribution of course, as a handout at my next festival the end of this month. Brightest blessings, Liz

Size10 knitting needles in mm

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Size8 knitting needles in mm

The fact that you give away information, don’t insist personal information, has bought my business already. To add to the joy (yes, I’m prone to hyperbole but I’m absolutely enchanted with your business model), you add stone treatment information rather than burying it somewhere. It’s very important to me to be able to tell my customers the what’s been done to their stones, the quality, source and composition of the gems they buy. I believe I’m the only vendor to have the FCC and AGIA disclosure booklets available at any festival I’ve attended. You have a customer now and, if OK, I will use your page on stone treatments, with proper attribution of course, as a handout at my next festival the end of this month. Brightest blessings, Liz

It’s very important to me to be able to tell my customers the what’s been done to their stones, the quality, source and composition of the gems they buy. I believe I’m the only vendor to have the FCC and AGIA disclosure booklets available at any festival I’ve attended. You have a customer now and, if OK, I will use your page on stone treatments, with proper attribution of course, as a handout at my next festival the end of this month. Brightest blessings, Liz

4.5 mm knitting needles USsize

Every inch is 25mm so times the number of inches by 25mm and you have how long the strand is in millimeters. Then divide by the width of the bead.

3mmknitting needles USsize

Dr Karen Meador made this chart for us and you to help us with these conversions. Feel free to use this chart on your site as long as you link to Karen and Magpie Gemstones.

3.5 mm needles USsize

Hi, I just happened across your site while getting ideas for my wire wrap gemstones and sea glass. The fact that you give away information, don’t insist personal information, has bought my business already. To add to the joy (yes, I’m prone to hyperbole but I’m absolutely enchanted with your business model), you add stone treatment information rather than burying it somewhere. It’s very important to me to be able to tell my customers the what’s been done to their stones, the quality, source and composition of the gems they buy. I believe I’m the only vendor to have the FCC and AGIA disclosure booklets available at any festival I’ve attended. You have a customer now and, if OK, I will use your page on stone treatments, with proper attribution of course, as a handout at my next festival the end of this month. Brightest blessings, Liz

*The third column of this conversion chart is offered to help anyone who thinks more clearly using fractions than using decimals.

You have a customer now and, if OK, I will use your page on stone treatments, with proper attribution of course, as a handout at my next festival the end of this month. Brightest blessings, Liz

To add to the joy (yes, I’m prone to hyperbole but I’m absolutely enchanted with your business model), you add stone treatment information rather than burying it somewhere. It’s very important to me to be able to tell my customers the what’s been done to their stones, the quality, source and composition of the gems they buy. I believe I’m the only vendor to have the FCC and AGIA disclosure booklets available at any festival I’ve attended. You have a customer now and, if OK, I will use your page on stone treatments, with proper attribution of course, as a handout at my next festival the end of this month. Brightest blessings, Liz