All baby yarns in lovely pastel colors!
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yarns perfect for
baby
Michelle Nguyen
Although some yarns are lumped
into the same category, it's useful
to take a closer look and see
how they compare to each other,
reviewing the benefits, attributes,
and things to watch for when
knitting. Here's a general
overview of three yarns perfect
for baby, Red Heart’s Soft Baby
Steps, Comfort Sport and we'll
revisit Cutie Pie yarn.
My first impression of Red
Heart's Soft Baby Steps yarn,
was “omgsoftsoftsoftysoftsoft”
because it was just that soft.
It’s like a fluffy silky cloud spun
into a tangible fiber. I was duly
impressed when I looked at the
fiber content and realized it
was 100% acrylic as well. This
saves all the trouble of giving
washing instructions and
worrying about a baby gift
being thrown into the washing
machine when it needs to be
hand washed.
The yarn itself has a very faint
halo around it that makes it look
soft, but not enough to decrease
any stitch definition. Soft Baby
Steps yarn is also slightly shiny,
not in a sparkly kind of way, but
the way silk yarn has a little bit of
a shine to it when you’re looking
at it from an angle.
It’s also a worsted weight
(Medium 4) so it works up quickly
on a US8 [5mm] needle. Worsted
is one of my favorite weights of
yarn because you can knit things
up relatively quickly and the
stitches are small enough that
you can still add stitch detail that
would be impossible on thicker
yarns.
Doing a baby sweater in bulky
yarn would knit up very fast, but
you would be hard pressed to do
things like cables, or honeycomb
stitches; the material would be
very thick.
Photos by Michelle Nguyen
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