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BABY KNITTING & CROCHET YARN Soft yarn for little layers & thoughtful gifts Find baby yarn in New Zealand for cardigans, booties, hats and blankets. Compare fine merino, soft cotton and wool-free blends from Broadway, Crucci, DMC, Rowan and Sirdar, then choose the weight your knitting or crochet pattern needs. Shop all 3 ply 4 ply DK / 8 ply Chunky 100% merino Wool-free Colour-changing DMC Baby 4 uses 4mm needles; it is not NZ 4 ply. Find it under DK / 8 ply and check your pattern gauge. Choosing baby yarn: weight, fibre, quantity & care Which yarn weight suits your baby project? Crucci Baby Love 3 ply suits fine patterns for light layers and delicate detail. Choose 4 ply for fine cardigans, booties and shawls; DK / NZ 8 ply for a thicker fabric and everyday garments; or chunky yarn for quicker progress with a matching pattern. These weights are not direct substitutes: make, wash and measure a tension swatch before starting. Merino, a blend or cotton? Broadway Baby Supremo offers pure superwash merino in a fine 4 ply. For DK projects, compare Broadway Merino DK with the NZ-grown merino option. Sirdar Snuggly Cashmere Merino Silk combines merino, silk and cashmere. Prefer no wool? Compare Rowan cotton yarns with Hayfield Baby Blossom's acrylic-and-nylon blend. Cotton has less natural stretch than wool, so check the washed fabric's drape and fit. Is DMC 100% Baby 4 a 4 ply yarn? No: the “4” in DMC 100% Baby 4 is part of its name, not the NZ 4 ply category. It contains 75% merino and 25% polyamide, with 120m per 50g and recommended 4mm needles. We group it with DK-style yarns; compare the required gauge before substituting. It is different from DMC Baby Aquarelle, the fine tonal merino in our 4 ply selection. Plain colour or self-patterning yarn? Solid shades show texture and planned colourwork clearly. Baby Supremo Fantasy and DMC Baby Aquarelle add changing tones, while Hayfield Baby Blossom creates a flower-print and stripe effect. Colour placement chang