Some people seem to think in either metric or imperial measurements and can't comprehend the opposite. Other people can think interchangably in both. I'm a really messed up version in between.
I measure small things in either inches or cm depending on my mood. I know my measurements (bust, waist, hip, etc) in inches but not cm, but I buy fabric by the metre and can measure a metre of fabric out incredibly accurately on my arm. I use a 1.5cm seam allowance for garment sewing, but a 1/4 inch one for quilting. Heights are always feet and inches, metres means nothing to me. Medium distances (for example ones I could walk or cycle) are in km, and my brain just doesn't fathom big distances.
Weights are just the same. I don't get on with "cup" measurements, and my recipes are a bizarre mixture of oz and grams, litres and pints (even within the same recipe sometimes). However, weights of people I can't comprehend unless they're in kilos.
What kind of measurements do you think in?
(this random post brought to you by my new tape measure thats 3 metres long!! and even better only $2! (from GJs))
I also do both, depending on what I am doing. If its a vintage pattern I use imperial instead of converting it, I use imperial or metric for baking depending on the measurements (none of that cups nonsense here either). I transfer everything to metric when buying fabric though, and when measuring something on my own.
ReplyDeleteI'm metric all the way baby! But now that I'm learning to sew I am starting to learn imperial, and it's becoming slightly easier. I use a measuring tape that has both cm & inches given to me by my aunt. It makes life a little sweeter... seriously.
ReplyDeleteI go with what the instructions say, i can work in cm or inches, grams or pounds and ounces, i find that going with the original works best esp. for cake! I learnt metric at school and imperial at home, the only bit i struggle with is fluid measures where i tend towards litres. don't do the cups nonsence though! people, however, should be weighed in stones!
ReplyDeleteI'm metric all the way, through and through and proud of it. I make no excuses and offer no apologies. I think in metric, shop in metric,cook/bake in metric.
ReplyDeleteI measure myself in meters and my body mass in kilograms.
I've got myself a metric only weigh scale (no easy task.)
I refuse to use the outdated inch-pound system that my mum has tried to teach me.