Yarns / Red Heart / Soft Essentials
Soft Essentials
A bulky yarn, 100% acrylic, 131 yd (120 m) per 141 g ball.
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Red Heart · Buy at Yarnspirations
| Weight | Bulky, 5 |
|---|---|
| Length per ball | 131 yd · 120 m |
| Ball weight | 141 g |
| Length per 100 g | 93 yd · 85 m |
| Fiber | 100% acrylic |
| Needle | 6 mm (US 10) |
| Hook | 6.5 mm (US K-10½) |
| Care | Machine washable |
| Colors | 23 listed |
| Source | yarnspirations.com |
Colors
Essentials Biscuit, Egg Plant, Deep Red, Sunny Day, Essentials Cream, Flamingo, Essentials Cocoa, Essentials Grayhound, Essentials Seafoam, Essentials Turquoise, Ocean Side, Essentials Teal, Sugar Plum, Sangria, Essentials Minty, Grass, Pink Pop, Misty Rose, Slate Blue, Essentials Peony, Powder Blue, Royal Blue, Essentials Navy
Use instead
Your pattern uses 10 balls of Soft Essentials.
Same weight and fiber family, and close in length per 100 g. Closest first.
Same length: 1,310 yd. The 12 closest of 14. Buy one extra ball to be safe.
| Yarn | Fiber | You need | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softee Baby Chunky Bernat | 100% acrylic | 9 balls of 155 yd | Buy at Yarnspirations |
| Softee Baby Chunky Ombres Bernat | 100% acrylic | 9 balls of 155 yd | Buy at Yarnspirations |
| Timeless Classic Super Chunky King Cole | 90% Acrylic, 10% Wool | 15 balls of 93 yd | Buy at LoveCrafts |
| Reflective Red Heart | 85% acrylic, 15% polyester | 15 balls of 88 yd | Buy at Yarnspirations |
| That Colour Vibe Stylecraft | 85% Acrylic, 15% Wool | 16 balls of 87 yd | Buy at LoveCrafts |
| Faux Fur James C Brett | Nylon, Polyester | 14 balls of 98 yd | Buy at Black Sheep Wools |
| Pipsqueak (250 g ball) Bernat | 100% polyester | 6 balls of 254 yd | Buy at Yarnspirations |
| Boucle All the Way Discontinued Lion Brand Yarn | 100% Premium Micro Acrylic | 14 balls of 98 yd | |
| Spark Discontinued Bernat | 80% acrylic, 20% wool | 7 balls of 191 yd | |
| Hygge (227 g ball) Discontinued Red Heart | 70% acrylic, 30% nylon | 7 balls of 212 yd | |
| Hygge (141 g ball) Discontinued Red Heart | 70% acrylic, 30% nylon | 10 balls of 132 yd | |
| Basic Stitch Anti-Microbial Thick & Quick Discontinued Lion Brand Yarn | 65% Recycled Polyester, 35% Amicor | 15 balls of 87 yd |
See all 14 in the yarn substitutes tool
How these are chosen
- Same weight: the weight number when the source gives one, or the brand's weight word (DK, Worsted) when it doesn't.
- Length per 100 g within 10% of this yarn's, when both list a ball weight.
- Gauge within 10%, when both list one.
- Same fiber family: animal fibers (wool, alpaca, silk…), plant fibers (cotton, linen, viscose…) or synthetics (acrylic, nylon…), whichever this yarn has most of.
- Closest first: still made before discontinued, then more fiber in common, then closer length per 100 g.
- Among yarns that match just as closely, ones sold by our partner shops come first.
Knit a swatch before you start: a different fiber can change your gauge. To add a safety margin, use Skeins for a yarn swap.