I agree with those who say to go bigger than a 4 x 4 hoop. I had a Janome 9000 and now I have a Janome 10001. It came with 4 hoops ranging from 2 x 2 to 10 x 10 and I LOVE it. I quickly found that the small hoop severely limited what I could do. Even if you only want to make labels, you will be pushing it to get much in a hoop that small. I would go for the big one!