Showing posts with label Sizes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sizes. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Sizes Smizes

So if any of you has tried to make a hat you will realize that it is not as easy as it looks. I have been working on a line of baby hats for my etsy shop... They will be up next week so feel free to take a look. I decided to make my own pattern and I worked one up so fast. Then I gave it to my model... a 3 month old baby boy. It was of course way too small. I did some research online and came up with this chart:
  • months.............circumference.............length
  • 0-3....................14 inches.......................4.5-5 inches
  • 3-6....................14-16 inches.................5-5.5 inches
  • 6-12..................16-18 inches..................6-6.5 inches
  • 12-24................18-19.5 inches..............6.5-7 inches

Now according to my model the chart is off by 1... her 3 month old has a head circumference of 16 inches... so I made him a 6-12 month hat and it fit great.
Other than that the hats look good, and if I follow the chart the hat comes out correct... with the length substantial for the circumference.

Anybody out there have the same problem I am having? I could use some help figuring these hat sizes out. Do you know of a site that gives correct sizes?