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DROPS Big Merino

DROPS

Big Merino

superwash

100% merino

AranWorsted

Superwash treated extra fine merino wool

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gauge

17 sts × 22 rows / 10 cm on 5 mm

spec

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

patterns matching this yarn (402)

see all 402 patterns →

substitutes (63)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

PRISMA

LangYarnsWorsted100% merino

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
180 m / 100 g

→ Thinner per gram.

MERINO+

LangYarnsWorsted100% merino

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
90 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram.

MONGOLIA 5

FontyWorsted · Aran85% merino, 15% yak

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

→ Thinner per gram.

HONOR

LangYarnsWorsted50% alpaca, 50% merino

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
100 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram.

Silky Wool

Laines du NordAranest.80% merino, 20% silk

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
100 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 4 mm rather than 5 mm.

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Big Merino
weight group
Aran · Worsted
group source
brand
ball band
aran / worsted
ply
10
fibres
100% merino
skein
75 m / 50 g
gauge
17 sts/22 rows @ 5 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: 1484 yarns · 57 brands · 142 without gauge · 344/1490 gauge rows missing row count.