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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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crafter2243
16 Mar 2014
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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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That is exactly what the initials stand for, well done Angie for informing killiecrankie. Love Chris
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