best yarn for a baby blanket

It is a struggle for a parent to choose your baby’s blanket. There are many stores to choose the perfect blanket but few suits your baby’s need. The most intimidating part is looking for the best yarn for a baby blanket that meets your baby’s need.

Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn

Due to its thickness, it requires thick needles that is a more necessary for this yarn than a preference because it is a bulky yarn with a gauge of six and a crochet gauge of seven. It is 100% polyester and perfectly heat resistant and it is available in a variety of colors. This yarn will become your go-to yarn. It is super easy to knit if you’re swamped with your baby-related responsibilities. The blanket will be ready before you know it because of its thickness. This yarn is ideal for the ones living in a colder part of the world. Comparing to the most cotton yarn, blankets and sweaters made from this yarn are quite farmed.

best yarn for a baby blanket

Lion Brand Yarn Babysoft Yarn

It is thinner than most yarn and comes in a variety of soft pastel colors that go with both genders. The yarns content makeup is 60% Acrylic and 40% polyamide. The babysoft yarn is very soft with a delightful texture and surprisingly lightweight. This yarn is probably the best option for you if you’re hoping for a surprise and plan on keeping the gender a mystery. This yarn is safe to baby’s skin that is prone to irritability.

Coats Yarn Red Heart Gumdrop Yarn

This yarn is fun to work with because it comes in a variety of different colors and contains 100% acrylic content which means it’s completely synthetic. Along with the yarn is a knitting gauge and a few 17st x 23r = 4in/10cm US-8/5mm needles. This yarn has a surprisingly silky soft textured although Acrylic yarns are known to be rough textured. This yarn is the best choice for the beginners. Red Heart gumdrop yarn has great stitch definition which only means that the usual struggle of figuring out which stitch goes where will most likely be a walk-in-the-park, especially for a beginner. Compared to other yarns, the thickness of the needle will make any project with this yarn less time-consuming. You should go for this yarn if you want something easy and simple as this will really make your life easier. When babies are around, there are bound to be diaper disasters, drooling and vomiting. For this reason, Acrylic yarn blankets are very wash-friendly. You can toss them in the washing machine without any fear of ruining the blanket. Gumdrop yarn is probably the best option for you if your baby has sensitive skin or is allergic to wool or any other animal fiber.