To bind or purchase a hat of the right size to your child, it is necessary to know the parameters and volume of the baby’s head. This article offers simple measurement methods and understandable tables for calculating the size of a children's headdress.
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How to measure the head size for a hat?
To tie a knitted product in size, a naked product, be sure to know the volume of the head. Such parameters will allow make correct calculations in loopsThat the hat, for example, was not small or too large.
The size of the head is measured, like the whole body, in centimeters. You can do this in two tested ways:
- Using a special centimeter for a tailor ("tailor's centimeter"). Using it is very simple: determine the middle of the forehead, fix the point with your fingers and wrap the centimeter around the head. The soft material of a professional centimeter will take any given shape and clearly show you the meaning. Keep in mind that one or two centimeters should be added to the resulting result so that the knitted product is not cramped.
- Using a regular ruler and thread. This method is suitable for those who do not have a professional centimeter at hand. To do this, you should take absolutely any thread and on the principle described in the previous council, wrap your head. The thread is fixed or cut when it is completely closed. A cut piece of the thread should be measured with a regular ruler on a flat surface. It should also be added to the measured value of one or two centimeters when knitting.
How to determine the size of the hat for the child: table
You can determine the size of the child’s head in two ways:
- Using a centimeter or thread with a ruler
- Using a special table
The first way more reliable just because it is only focused on your individual parameters. The second method offers only about defended norms and standards, focused on the age of the child and his gradual development.
Important: do not forget that the values \u200b\u200bof the tables are not accurate, they indicate the average value, which is simply most often suitable. Each child grows individually and has its own certain features.
The sizes of hats for newborns by month: Table
The development of a newborn child mainly occurs according to generally accepted norms. Depending on this, a table was compiled, which allows determine the size of the newborn cap by month.
Such a table can come in handy while buying a product For a child, if it is impossible to measure the volume of the head in centimeters in a timely manner. It will also be useful to needlewomen, knitting handmade products for sale.
Sizes of children's hats for knitting
Size for children's hats, focused on knitting allows each needlewoman calculate the exact number of loopsintended for a certain age.
Such a table should give four main parameters:
- The volume of the children's head
- Diameter "bottom" caps
- The depth of the cap
- The estimated age of the child
How to measure the size of the cap?
There are such situations that while in the store, you find the desired product: a hat, a beret or another headdress. You cannot buy it right away because you definitely do not know the size of the child's head And be afraid to lose.
There are two main ways to calculate the size of the cap:
- Fold the hat is flat, closing its edges and measure the ruler. The resulting value must be multiplied by two and add another centimeter to it. The total number of centimeters is the estimated volume of the child’s head.
- Pay attention to the indications of the size of the cap. Such information, as a rule, is written on the label inside or outside the product. This can be an exact centimeter volume or simple designation, for example: 2m - two months.
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