Best yarn for electric knitting machines
Researched by Deal.ai's shopping agent across stores on November 4, 2026. Prices below are today's.
Top pick: Peaches & Crème Cone, White (14 oz / 674 yd). A big, continuous put-up on a cone with no joins to snag the carriage, and a smooth, even medium cotton that feeds cleanly through an electric machine's tension mast. White is the practical choice for machine work — easy to dye, easy to see your stitches.
Who the others suit:
- Lily Sugar'n Cream 14 oz cone (black): same cone format in a dark solid, for contrast work or a finished colour without dyeing.
- Peaches & Crème 3-pack of cones: for long projects or several garments from one dye lot.
- Caron Cinnamon Swirl Cakes (worsted acrylic): a softer, lighter cake if you want a plied acrylic rather than cotton — wind it off the cake onto a cone first.
- YarnArt Rosegarden cake: fine, long-yardage cotton for laceweight-style panels; needs rewinding before machine use.
One caveat: none of these are sold as machine-knitting yarns, so test a swatch and keep tension loose — cotton on a machine can be stiff.
The picks
- #1
Peaches & Creme Cone 4 Medium Cotton Yarn, White 14oz/400g, 674 Yards
- color: White
- material: 100% Cotton
- actual_color: White
- multipack_quantity: 1
- size: 14 oz
- Thickness: Medium Weight
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