US yarn in the UK
Bernat Baby Blanket in the UK: closest UK yarns
The maker’s online shop, Yarnspirations, sells it to the US and Canada, and LoveCrafts UK lists it but had none of its 50 shades in stock on 6 October 2026. The closest UK swap in the yarns we track is Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky: 100% acrylic, 68m per 100g against 67m, and 9 knitted stitches to 10cm on its ball band against 8 on the maker’s. It’s 100% acrylic rather than 100% polyester, so it will feel and wash a little differently.
Best UK swap: Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky · 21 shades in stock · from £5.85 a ball
See Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky shades at LoveCrafts ↗More choice: search Amazon UK for super chunky chenille yarn ↗
Ad · paid links. Price and stock at LoveCrafts checked 6 October 2026.
How many balls to buy
Buy by length, not by ball: a ball of Bernat Baby Blanket in a solid shade holds 201m (print and multi shades often come in smaller balls; check the label) and a ball of Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky holds 136m.
- 1 ball of Bernat Baby Blanket (201m) → 2 of Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky
- 3 balls of Bernat Baby Blanket (603m) → 5 of Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky
- 5 balls of Bernat Baby Blanket (1005m) → 8 of Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky
- 10 balls of Bernat Baby Blanket (2010m) → 15 of Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky
For any pattern, our yarn substitution calculator does the sum, and the pattern reader pulls the yarn list out of a pasted pattern.
UK yarns compared
| UK yarn | UK weight | Fibre | Metres per 100g | Knit tension (10cm) | UK balls per Bernat Baby Blanket ball | Shades in stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky best match | Super chunky | 100% acrylic | 68m (+1%) | 9 sts (+13%) | 1.48 | 21 of 28, from £5.85 |
| Paintbox Simply Super Chunky | Super chunky | 100% acrylic | 60m (-10%) | 8 sts (0%) | 3.35 | 19 of 25, from £3.20 |
| Hayfield Bonus Super Chunky | Super chunky | 100% acrylic | 82m (+22%) | 9 sts (+13%) | 2.45 | 21 of 41, from £3.15 |
Bernat Baby Blanket: the maker’s specs
| Weight | #6 Super Bulky |
|---|---|
| Fibre | 100% polyester |
| Ball (solid shades) | 300g (10.5 oz), 201m (220 yd) |
| Metres per 100g | 67m |
| Hook | 8 mm (US L/11) |
| Needles | 8 mm (US 11) |
| Tension | Crochet: 7 sc x 8 r = 4" (10 cm) on 8 mm (US L/11); Knit: 8 sts x 13 r = 4" (10 cm) on 8 mm (US 11) |
Before you swap
US weight 6 (super bulky) is thicker than most UK chunky yarns; look for “super chunky” on the ball band. Make a 10cm swatch in your swap yarn with the pattern’s hook or needles and compare it with the tension above. If your square is bigger, go down a size; if it’s smaller, go up. Swapping fibre changes the feel and the wash: acrylic for acrylic, cotton for cotton keeps a pattern behaving as written.
Sources: Bernat product page, Stylecraft Special XL Super Chunky. How we rank swaps: one combined score for closeness in metres per 100g, knitted tension on the ball band and fibre, with a small penalty for yarns with fewer than 10 shades in stock and for a chunky standing in for a worsted. See also UK yarn weights explained.