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DROPS Air

DROPS

Air

hand wash

65% alpaca28% polyamide7% merino

AranWorsted

A medium thick blow yarn made of baby alpaca and merino wool

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gauge

17 sts × 22 rows / 10 cm on 5 mm

spec

length / skein
150 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (419)

see all 419 patterns →

substitutes (79)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

SPIRIT

LangYarnsWorsted94% merino, 6% cashmere

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
140 m / 50 g

→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.

Soft Carded Merino

Laines du NordAranest.100% merino

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
90 m / 25 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 4.5 mm rather than 5 mm.

Vasto

Laines du NordWorsted100% merino

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
125 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram.

FADO

FontyWorsted · Aran100% merino

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
125 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram.

WOOLIA

Gepard GarnAran100% merino

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
132 m / 50 g

→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]

held together

with another yarn, or doubled, in real patterns, and the gauge each reaches

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Air
weight group
Aran · Worsted
group source
brand
ball band
aran / worsted
ply
10
fibres
65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% merino
skein
150 m / 50 g
gauge
17 sts/22 rows @ 5 mm
care
Hand Wash max 30°C / Dry Flat / Feltable
superwash
no
made in
Peru/EU
price
not in the database yet

Weight group is derived from measured gauge, not the brand's label — that is why a yarn labelled "aran / worsted" can sit in our Aran group while another brand's "worsted" lands in DK. Library: 1484 yarns · 57 brands · 142 without gauge · 344/1490 gauge rows missing row count.