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DROPS Cotton Light

DROPS

Cotton Light

50% cotton50% polyester

DKWorsted

A cool cotton yarn for summer!

↗ more info on DROPS

gauge

21 sts × 28 rows / 10 cm on 4 mm

spec

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

patterns matching this yarn (468)

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substitutes (60)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Muskat

DROPSDK · Worsted100% cotton

matching
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

DROPSDK · Worsted53% cotton, 33% viscose, 14% linen

matching
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]

Friends Cotton Silk

HobbiiDK77% cotton, 23% silk

matching
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.

The One Cotton

Wool&GangDK60% cotton, 20% linen, 20% lyocell

matching
gauge
21 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
170 m / 100 g

→ Denser per gram.

Thin Organic Cotton

PicklesDK · Bulkyest.100% cotton

matching
gauge
21 sts (same)
needle
2.5 mm
skein
90 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. Reaches this gauge on 2.5 mm rather than 4 mm.

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]
full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Cotton Light
weight group
DK · Worsted
group source
brand
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: 1484 yarns · 57 brands · 142 without gauge · 344/1490 gauge rows missing row count.