My recommendations for the best yarn for baby blankets and other baby knitting and crochet projects.
Acrylic yarn baby blankets.
Best to hand wash it and lay it out flat to dry away from sunlight.
This means a little more laundry care to keep the knitted blanket in good condition.
It is a durable worsted weight yarn that can be machine washed over and over again without losing its shape or color.
Vanna s choice this is my go to when i want brighter trendier colors.
All of our recommended baby yarns are made specific for a baby which means they re ultra soft for baby sensitive skin.
Made in canada beehive baby sport comes in the cutest pastel colors and is ideal for both knit and crochet baby projects like blankets booties hats.
It s made of 60 cotton and 40 acrylic for enhanced strength and comfort.
Lion brand babysoft this is a sport weight or light worsted weight yarn comes in pretty pastels and is nice and soft.
If you want recommendations for the best yarn specifically for baby hats i ve got that too.
For ease of care it s hard to beat 100 acrylic yarns.
Mary maxim twinkle yarn 1 super fine weight baby yarn for knitting crochet projects fingering yarn 100 acrylic 4 ply 230 yards 1 75 oz yellow 4 3 out of 5 stars 70 7 99 7.
Red heart offers an ultra soft acrylic yarn that is ideal for baby blankets and it comes in 42 astonishing colors.
This easy care yarn is machine washable and made of acrylic and nylon making it super durable.
You can use this light yarn to make year around baby sewing projects.
This yarn is a 100 acrylic yarn ideal for creating wonderfully warm and soft sweaters blankets and throws scarves hats and many other baby or adult accessories.
Knit adorable baby apparel blankets accessories and more with the bernat softee baby cotton yarn.
The gold standard of luxury yarns for little knits this sport weight yarn offers the versatility of merino the strength of acrylic and the softness of cashmere plus it s a joy to work with.
This baby yarn washes beautifully and gets softer with time.
No list of the best yarn for baby blankets would be complete without debbie bliss baby cashmerino.
This is a great color called playground which is a variegated yarn that includes the most popular pastel baby colors.
Create cuddly baby blankets garments and accessories for little ones with patons beehive baby sport.
This is a chunky yarn but still very easy to work with.
The one exception to our acrylic yarn recommendations above is if the your blanket will go to a baby.
Their extra sensitive skin needs an extra special yarn.