DROPS

Baby Merino

Name: DROPS Baby Merino
Brand: DROPS

ball band: "sport" · superwash

100% wool

Sport

Superwash treated extra fine merino wool

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gauge

24 sts × 32 rows / 10 cm on 3 mm

spec

length / skein: 175 m
weight / skein: 50 g
needle: 3 mm

substitutes (10)

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

Cool Wool

Lana Grossa100% wool

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 160 m / 50 g

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

[weight group not set]

Mini

Laines du Nord70% wool, 30% acrylic

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 150 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram.

[weight group not set]

Fabel

DROPS75% wool, 25% polyamide

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 205 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram.

[weight group not set][same brand]

Cool Wool Dots

Lana Grossa80% wool, 13% viscose, 7% polyamide

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 155 m / 50 g

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

[weight group not set]

PERNILLA

FilcolanaDK100% wool

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 175 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 3.5 mm rather than 3 mm.

patterns matching this yarn (130)

full specification

brand: DROPS
name: Baby Merino
weight group: Sport
group source: measured_label_disambiguated
ball band: sport
ply: 5
fibres: 100% wool
skein: 175 m / 50 g
gauge: 24 sts/32 rows @ 3 mm
care: Machine wash gentle 40°C / no fabric softener / Dry Flat
superwash: yes
made in: 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.