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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/pinecone_hurricane on 2026-01-03 08:15:39+00:00.
I have wondered for over three years why some knitting projects turn out wonky. It happened infrequently enough that I thought I was just knitting real shitty. I would end up knitting the project with different needles and it would be fine. I started noticing the wonky projects happen way more often when I use my boye knitting gauge to find out the size of double pointed needles. The projects had way less errors when I used my susan bates knitting gauge to find the size of needles. I finally figured out that my boye knitting gauges were made before there was a standard sizing across the world for knitting needles. Each brand had their own sizing and the numbering system could be inverted in parts of the world. A size 15 needle could mean a bigger needle in some countries but smaller needle in other places.
TL:DR: vintage knitting gauges use different sizing than modern gauges and made me use the wrong size knitting needles