Yarn spec sheet · Red Heart
Red Heart With Love
Red Heart With Love: 171 m per 100 g, 5 mm hook, Acrylic. Best substitutes ranked by Match Score, ball equivalences and a yardage calculator.
Technical specifications
- Weight (CYC)
- 4 – Medium
- Meters per 100 g
- 170.7 m
- Recommended hook
- 5 mm
- Composition
- 100 % Acrylic
- Ball
- 198 g · 338 m (370 yd)
- WPI (wraps per inch)
- 9–12 (CYC range)
- Standard gauge (10 × 10 cm)
- 11–14 sc (CYC standard)
- Texture
- Plied
- Status
- Available
Best substitutes for Red Heart With Love
Ranked by Match Score: density (40%), weight (20%), fiber (15%), texture (15%) and hook size (10%).
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Caron Simply Soft Match Score 99 %
- similar density
- same weight
- same fiber
- same texture
- same hook range
−1 % meters per 100 g vs. original 288 m per ball (−50 m) 4 – Medium · Acrylic
Balls of Red Heart With Love 1 3 5 10 Balls of Caron Simply Soft 2 4 6 12 -
Red Heart Super Saver Match Score 98 %
- similar density
- same weight
- same fiber
- same texture
- same hook range
−1 % meters per 100 g vs. original 333 m per ball (−5 m) 4 – Medium · Acrylic
Balls of Red Heart With Love 1 3 5 10 Balls of Red Heart Super Saver 2 4 6 11 -
Red Heart Soft Match Score 96 %
- similar density
- same weight
- same fiber
- same texture
- same hook range
−3 % meters per 100 g vs. original 234 m per ball (−104 m) 4 – Medium · Acrylic
Balls of Red Heart With Love 1 3 5 10 Balls of Red Heart Soft 2 5 8 15 -
Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran Match Score 88 %
- same weight
- same fiber
- same texture
- same hook range
+8 % meters per 100 g vs. original 184 m per ball (−154 m) 4 – Medium · Acrylic
Balls of Red Heart With Love 1 3 5 10 Balls of Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran 2 6 10 19 -
Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran Match Score 84 %
- similar density
- same weight
- same texture
- same hook range
±0 % meters per 100 g vs. original 85 m per ball (−253 m) 4 – Medium · Cotton
Balls of Red Heart With Love 1 3 5 10 Balls of Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran 4 12 20 40 -
Scheepjes Cahlista Match Score 78 %
- similar density
- same weight
- same texture
±0 % meters per 100 g vs. original 85 m per ball (−253 m) 4 – Medium · Cotton
Balls of Red Heart With Love 1 3 5 10 Balls of Scheepjes Cahlista 4 12 20 40
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How much Red Heart With Love do you need?
Pick a project and a stitch: the calculator already uses the 338 m and 198 g of each ball of Red Heart With Love.
Frequently asked questions about Red Heart With Love
What hook size do you use for Red Heart With Love?
For Red Heart With Love we recommend a 5 mm crochet hook. It is a 4 – Medium yarn according to the Craft Yarn Council: go down half a size for firm fabric such as amigurumi and up half a size for garments with more drape.
How many meters are in a ball of Red Heart With Love?
A ball of Red Heart With Love has 338 meters (370 yards) and weighs 198 g, which is 171 meters per 100 g.
What is the best substitute for Red Heart With Love?
The best substitute for Red Heart With Love in CrochetMetrics is Caron Simply Soft, with a 99% Match Score. It has 169 m per 100 g (−1 % vs. the original): for every 5 balls of Red Heart With Love you will need 6 balls of Caron Simply Soft.