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2. Yarn weight - Wikipedia

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   Measure the number of wraps per inch (2.5 cm). For better accuracy, measure the wraps at the center of your yarn sample. The number of wraps will act as a gauge to assess the thickness of unmarked yarn; for example 12 wraps per inch is 12 WPI, and is used to calculate how much yarn is required for various articles, [ 3 ] so that 12 is ...

3. Crochet hook - Wikipedia

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   A Knook is a type of crochet hook whose one end is a crochet hook and the other end has an eye-hole for attaching a cord. [8] The cord allows for placing multiple live knit and purl stitches on the hook, which are then slid off and onto the cord when going to the next row. [citation needed]

4. Crochet - Wikipedia

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   Steel crochet hooks are sized in a reverse manner - the higher the number, the smaller the hook. They range in size from 0.9 to 2.7 millimeters, or from 14 to 00 in American sizing. [28] These hooks are used for fine crochet work such as doilies and lace. Crochet hooks used for Tunisian crochet are elongated and have a stopper at the end of the ...

5. Crochet thread - Wikipedia

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   From left to right: size 3, size 10, and size 20. A U.S. quarter is included for perspective. Crochet thread comes in sizes from 3 to 100, although historically [when?] it came in much finer sizes, down to 200. Diameter is inversely proportional to number, so size 3 is nearly as thick as yarn and size 100 is as fine as sewing thread.

6. Hook-and-loop fastener - Wikipedia

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   Shrinking the hooks led to the two other important differences. Firstly, instead of a single-file line of hooks, hook-and-loop fasteners have a two-dimensional surface. [7] This was needed, because in decreasing the size of the hooks, the strength was also unavoidably lessened, thus requiring more hooks for the same strength.

7. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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   The Mondopoint shoe length system is widely used in the sports industry to size athletic shoes, ski boots, skates, and pointe ballet shoes; it was also adopted as the primary shoe sizing system in the Soviet Union, [18] Russia, [19] East Germany, China, [20] Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, and as an optional system in the United Kingdom, [21 ...