Cotton Knitting Yarns

Cotton yarns are 100% cotton or cotton-acrylic: breathable, washable, non-pilling, and thanks to their stitch definition the most used group for amigurumi, baby knits, summer garments, bags and punch needle. This category carries Gazzal Pareo 50 g (cotton-acrylic, punch and knitting), Gazzal Baby Cotton and Baby Cotton Rainbow, Gazzal Jeans, YarnArt Jeans 50 g and YarnArt Baby Cotton 100 g in wide colour cards. The amigurumi selection is in Amigurumi Yarn, baby yarns in Baby Yarn, summer yarns in Summer Yarn, all yarns in Hand Knitting Yarn.

Which Cotton for Which Project?

Jeans and Baby Cotton for amigurumi (2.5–3 mm hook, tight stitches, no filling showing); Baby Cotton for baby blankets and rompers (soft, 3.5–4 mm); Pareo for summer tops and bags (drapey, 3.5–4.5 mm); Pareo and Baby Cotton for punch needle with the medium needle. A 50 g ball is about 150–170 m: a 15 cm amigurumi takes 1 ball, a baby blanket 8–10, a summer top 6–8. Cotton shrinks slightly in the first wash; wash at 30 °C and dry flat.