What Size Loom for All Your Hats Newborn to Adult

I am often asked about What Size Loom for baby hats, or certain brands. Here is a short 5 minute video to explain which loom to use for your Barbie to your American Girl Hat or your Newborn to Adults.

This information is good for any large gauge loom like the Knifty Knitter, Boye, Darice or the Loops and Threads.

Size Chart

Below is a chart for size and number of rows. For a Baby Chart:Click HERE

I have a whole page on loom size that you can visit: Click HERE where you’ll find a lot more information on What Size Loom as well as links to product views and loom brand details.

Loom Size / Hat Size

Size Chart is based on Averages. The information is only a recommendation. Please use your own judgement in the final decision.

Note: Rows are based on 1 strand of thick yarn or 2 strands of light or medium weight yarn, e-Wrap Stitch and No Brim.
Chart Update: 10/2014
For a Folded Brim you may need 6 - 18 rows depending on the recipient. Note that to make the brim you fold the knitting in half.

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters

Hat Recipient	Avg Head Circumference	Loom Size	Hat Length	Number of Rows
AG Doll	11 in / 27 cm	Sm 24 Pegs	4 in	20
Preemie	12 in / 30 cm	Sm 24 Pegs	4 - 5 in	20-25
Newborn	14 in / 36 cm	Sm 24 Pegs	5 - 6 1/2 in	25-30
Baby - 1 yr.	18 in / 46 cm	Md 31 Pegs	7 in	25-30
Toddler	21 in / 53 cm	Lrg 36 Pegs	7 in	25-30
Tweens & Teens	22 in / 56 cm	Lrg 36 Pegs	8 in	30-34
Women & Lean Men	22 in / 56 cm	Lrg 36 Pegs	8 - 9 in	32-40
Lrg Women & Men	24 in / 61 cm	X-Lrg 41 Pegs	9 -10 in	38-45

 

Video: What Size Loom

 Note that the video is for large gauge looms. These are the looms you find mostly in your local craft store and in large on-line retailers such as Amazon and eBay

As always I advise watching the whole video before deciding on whether you got the information you were looking for or not. This is painless considering that the video is less than 5 minutes. If you have any question feel free to leave those in the comment section below.

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