Originally Posted by
quiltlady1941
..........what the numbers stand for, like a needle that said 90/14, 75/11, 80/12, etc; what does the top number stand for and what does the bottom number stand for?............
To clarify ... the two numbers stand for the same info, just different systems.
So they are giving you the same info.
The confusion comes because the larger numbers get smaller, as the needle gets larger!
Whereas the smaller numbers get bigger, as the needle gets bigger.
Originally Posted by
quiltlady1941
........... So if it said 90/14 and 100/14 the 100 would be the bigger needle?.........
Actually no .... the numbers will always be consistent.
Eg. 90/14 and you will never see 100/14.
The 100 will always be matched with 16, eg. 100/16.
Take a look here on the Schmetz site.
There are a lot of links with a lot of info about needles ...
http://www.schmetzneedles.com/all-about-needles/