DROPS

Cotton Light

Name: DROPS Cotton Light
Brand: DROPS

ball band: "DK / worsted"

50% cotton 50% polyester

A cool cotton yarn for summer!

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gauge

21 sts × 28 rows / 10 cm on 4 mm

spec

length / skein: 105 m
weight / skein: 50 g
needle: 4 mm

substitutes (13)

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

Muskat

DROPSDK100% cotton

close match

gauge: 21 sts (same)
needle: 4 mm
skein: 100 m / 50 g

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

[same brand]

Belle

DROPSDK53% cotton, 33% viscose, 14% linen

close match

gauge: 21 sts (same)
needle: 4 mm
skein: 120 m / 50 g

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

[same brand]

Panettone

HobbiiDK87% cotton, 7% polyamide, 6% metal

close match

gauge: 21 sts (same)
needle: 4.5 mm
skein: 120 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 4.5 mm rather than 4 mm.

RE-JEANS

PascualiWorsted95% cotton, 5% other

close match

gauge: 20 sts (-1)
needle: needle not recorded
skein: 96 m / 50 g

→ 20 sts instead of 21 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

Sointu

NovitaDK49% viscose, 42% cotton, 9% wool

close match

gauge: 22 sts (+1)
needle: 4 mm
skein: 120 m / 50 g

→ 22 sts instead of 21 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

patterns matching this yarn (150)

full specification

brand: DROPS
name: Cotton Light
weight group: DK
group source: measured
ball band: DK / worsted
ply: 8
fibres: 50% cotton, 50% polyester
skein: 105 m / 50 g
gauge: 21 sts/28 rows @ 4 mm
care: Machine wash gentle 40°C / Dry Flat
superwash: —
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.