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DROPS Alpaca Bouclé

DROPS

Alpaca Bouclé

ball band: "aran / worsted" · hand wash

80% alpaca15% wool5% polyamide

Aran

Soft, light and full of loops!

↗ more info on DROPS

gauge

17 sts × 22 rows / 10 cm on 5 mm

spec

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

substitutes (12)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness, then fibre character.

Alta Moda Alpaca

Lana GrossaAran90% alpaca, 5% wool, 5% polyamide

close match
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.

Air

DROPSAran65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% wool

close match
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
150 m / 50 g

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

[same brand]

Divina

HobbiiAran65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% wool

close match
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
150 m / 50 g

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

LUMA

LangYarnsAran73% silk, 19% alpaca, 8% wool

close match
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
120 m / 50 g

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

Alpaca 3

IsagerAran50% alpaca, 50% wool

close match
gauge
16 sts (-1)
needle
5 mm
skein
250 m / 100 g

→ 16 sts instead of 17 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

held together with

pairings from real patterns, and the gauge each reaches

Gauges observed in the patterns listed.

patterns matching this yarn (106)

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Alpaca Bouclé
weight group
Aran
group source
measured
ball band
aran / worsted
ply
10
fibres
80% alpaca, 15% wool, 5% polyamide
skein
140 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: 1406 yarns · 42 brands · 135 without gauge · 276/1408 gauge rows missing row count.