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The second yarn that is perfect for baby projects is Red Heart’s Comfort Sport. My first reaction was “holy moly that's a big ball.” Out of all the yarns I'm reviewing here, this is the biggest ball of the trio. Most balls of yarn are 100g to 150g; depending on the weight of the yarn the actual yardage changes. Sometimes sock yarn is sold in 50g balls so you get one sock per ball. Taking that as an average, you'll empathize with me when I say Comfort Sport comes in a 350g ball, in a sport weight that comes out to 1144yds or 1050m. You can make a 20" x 30" baby blanket with just one ball. With this yarn it would not be hard to come up with one-ball projects; they would be more properly labeled 5-project-balls. Colors Baby Blue, Baby Yellow, Baby Green and Binky Print This yarn is also 100% acrylic and machine washable so there are no worries about lengthy washing instructions scaring off a giftee from using a hand knit gift. The sport weight is a light (3) yarn so it would lend itself very well to detailed work. The yarn itself doesn't have a lot of texture, the twist in the yarn isn't highly visible. Since I already talked about Red Heart's Cutie Pie, I'm just going to link to the quick overview I did: http://knitmuch.com/whatyou-should-know-about-red-heart-cutiepie-yarn/. Comfort Sport in Denim, Light Blue and Turquoise Next, let's see a comparison between the three with ideal project suggestions and more knitting fun. KNITmuch | issue 2 39