Yarns / Red Heart / Soft Essentials Baby
Soft Essentials Baby
A worsted yarn, 100% acrylic, 256 yd (234 m) per 141 g ball.
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Red Heart · Buy at Yarnspirations
| Weight | Worsted, 4 (Medium) |
|---|---|
| Length per ball | 256 yd · 234 m |
| Ball weight | 141 g |
| Length per 100 g | 182 yd · 166 m |
| Fiber | 100% acrylic |
| Needle | 5 mm (US 8) |
| Hook | 5.5 mm (US I-9) |
| Care | Machine washable |
| Colors | 6 listed |
| Source | yarnspirations.com |
Colors
Aqua Sky, Sweet Mint, Rosewater, Blue Horizon, Pink Lemonade, Soothing Sea
Use instead
Your pattern uses 10 balls of Soft Essentials Baby.
Same weight and fiber family, and close in length per 100 g. Closest first.
Same length: 2,560 yd. The 12 closest of 105. Buy one extra ball to be safe.
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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.