DROPS

Flora

Name: DROPS Flora
Brand: DROPS

ball band: "fingering" · hand wash

65% wool 35% alpaca

Everyday comfort in alpaca and wool

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gauge

24 sts × 32 rows / 10 cm on 3 mm

spec

length / skein: 210 m
weight / skein: 50 g
needle: 3 mm

substitutes (5)

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

Fabel

DROPS75% wool, 25% polyamide

close match

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

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

[weight group not set][same brand]

Lun Merino

Rauma Garn100% wool

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 120 m / 25 g

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

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

Dansk Pelsuld 8/2

Hjelholts UldspinderiSportgotland wool, merino wool

close match

gauge: 25 sts (+1)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 400 m / 100 g

→ 25 sts instead of 24 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

Helene

NovitaSport60% wool, 30% silk, 10% mohair

close match

gauge: 25 sts (+1)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 200 m / 50 g

→ 25 sts instead of 24, on a 3.5 mm needle rather than 3 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Teddy Socks

Laines du Nord70% wool, 30% nylon

close match

gauge: 23 sts (-1)
needle: 2.5 mm
skein: 320 m / 80 g

→ 23 sts instead of 24, on a 2.5 mm needle rather than 3 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[weight group not set]

patterns matching this yarn (113)

full specification

brand: DROPS
name: Flora
weight group: not set
group source: —
ball band: fingering
ply: 4
fibres: 65% wool, 35% alpaca
skein: 210 m / 50 g
gauge: 24 sts/32 rows @ 3 mm
care: Hand Wash max 30°C / Dry Flat / Feltable
superwash: no
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.