Yarn ?

papagena · January 2010

what is baby weight - is it an actual name for a weight of yarn like worsted or sport?

DomerJenC · January 2010

I think it = sport...

Mrs_mam · January 2010

I agree, I just got a bunch of baby yarn and it's all sportweight.

MTOW · January 2010

Just curious, does it also mean acrylic? 'Cause I've never heard of it.

papagena · January 2010

I don't know that it does, unless they were being redundant - although I might be wrong. They told me I needed machine washable baby weight yarn, and wouldn't all acrylic yarn be machine washable?

Mrs_mam · January 2010

Usually acrylic yarn is machine washable, but there are a lot of baby yarns that are made of natural fibers (I like alpaca) and some are mixes of acrylic and natural fibers so be sure to read the label.

Meg41208 · January 2010

isn't DK weight similar to or the same as sportweight? Baby yarn, in my experience, is always pastel colored sportweight yarn.

MTOW · January 2010

OK, according to this, baby is the same as fingering or sport, so not very descriptive.

Sport is slightly lighter than DK. DK knits up at 5.5-6 st/in, sport at about 6 (fingering at 7 or 8).

baby_soon_31 · January 2010

baby weight or also named fingering yarn is NOT the same as sport weight yarn. It is thinner. To be knitted on size 3 needles or crochet hook size D3. Classified under fine and super-fine (1 and 2), as opposed to sport weight or light yarns (3). There is not a lot of fingering weight yarn avalable through retail stores, but i know of at least a couple - in Acrilic, that would be Bernat Baby Fingering yarn

(see it here) https://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat393847&PRODID=prd31101

in wool i know of LB 1878 Lion Brand Cone wool yarn

(see it here ) https://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat230012&PRODID=xprd634200

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