Creative Ideas With Baby Yarn

Baby yarn is generally a lighter weight yarn that is suitable for lighter weight baby related garments and blankets. The selection of colors and exact weight of the baby yarn will vary by vendor. Many brands of baby yarn have adorable baby blanket ideas right on the sleeve; many have instructions for both knit and crocheted designs.

Knitting and Crocheting

Knitting and Crocheting are not just for grandmothers any more; many younger people are learning how to knit or crochet as a hobby. Baby yarn makes beautiful and often easy blankets, because the patterns that call for use of baby yarn are simple and small, these make great starter pieces for crocheters or knitters just learning the skill. Also most baby yarn blanket patterns use a larger hook or needle than finer and smaller projects and because of their small to medium size, a simple pattern can be weekend project even for a beginner.

Colors of Baby Yarn

The colors of baby yarn will vary by brand slightly, however all brands have more or less the same pastel color scheme. There are usually shades of blue, green, yellow, purple, pink, and white with multi-colored blends that give a blanket a lot of variety in color through out the pattern with out having to switch yarn except between skeins. Other types of yarn often come in the same weight so if there were specific colors needed for a nursery that do not contain pastels, a crafter could still make the garment or blanket.

Sew Free Baby Yarn Projects

Baby yarn can be useful and fun even to people which do not crochet or knit, there are many sew free projects using baby yarn for every occasion. For example a sew free octopus: Needed: 2 skeins baby yarn (2 different colors), 1 medium sized rubber ball, 1 rubber band (or other type of pony tail holder), 1 satin pre-tied bow (med), hot glue gun, large google eyes.

Begin by cutting each skein of baby yarn into 36 inch strands; make 2 equal piles of each color; save pieces that aren't long enough to make additional even piles aside. Arrange the even piles in an asterisk, alternating colors. Place the tennis ball in the center where the yarn overlaps, and gather around the ball, secure the yarn around the ball with a rubber band (or other pony tail holder) like a pony tail, separate the colors and braid each section; this will form 8 legs, use the extra pieces of baby yarn to tie over the rubber band (to hide the rubber band). Use the hot glue gun to secure eyes and bow tie/bow in hair.