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DROPS Brushed Alpaca Silk

DROPS

Brushed Alpaca Silk

ball band: "aran / worsted"

77% alpaca23% silk

Aran

A luxurious blend of brushed alpaca and mulberry silk

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gauge

17 sts × 22 rows / 10 cm on 5 mm

spec

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

substitutes (16)

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

Alpaca Bouclé

KremkeAran89% alpaca, 11% polyamide

workable
gauge
18 sts (+1)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
250 m / 50 g

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

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

SURI ALPACA

LangYarnsAran100% alpaca

workable
gauge
16 sts (-1)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
100 m / 25 g

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

Brigitte No. 3

Lana GrossaAran20% mohair, 57% wool, 23% polyamide

workable
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
5.5 mm
skein
100 m / 25 g

Denser per gram. Haloed mohair-type instead of drapey fibre: a halo that fills in the fabric — it will look denser. Reaches this gauge on 5.5 mm rather than 5 mm.

Baby Silk FLUFFY Gradient

KremkeAran86% alpaca, 14% silk

workable
gauge
16 sts (-1)
needle
5 mm
skein
200 m / 50 g

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

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

Baby Silk FLUFFY Solid

KremkeAran80% alpaca, 20% silk

workable
gauge
16 sts (-1)
needle
5 mm
skein
200 m / 50 g

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

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

patterns matching this yarn (4)

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Brushed Alpaca Silk
weight group
Aran
group source
measured
ball band
aran / worsted
ply
10
fibres
77% alpaca, 23% silk
skein
140 m / 25 g
gauge
17 sts/22 rows @ 5 mm
care
Hand Wash max 30°C / Dry Flat
superwash
made in
Peru
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.