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DROPS Nepal

DROPS

Nepal

hand wash

65% wool35% alpaca

AranWorsted

The perfect every day yarn!

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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 (403)

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substitutes (49)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

7 Sisters

NovitaAranest.75% wool, 25% merino

matching
gauge
18 sts (+1)
needle
4 mm
skein
200 m / 100 g

→ Thinner per gram. 18 sts instead of 17, on a 4 mm needle rather than 5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Atlas

Sandnes GarnWorsted70% wool, 30% merino

matching
gauge
18 sts (+1)
needle
4 mm
skein
108 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. 18 sts instead of 17, on a 4 mm needle rather than 5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

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

CASHMERE HUG

Concept by KatiaAranest.72% wool, 18% cashmere, 10% polyamide

matching
gauge
16 sts (-1)
needle
7 mm
skein
98 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. 16 sts instead of 17, on a 7 mm needle rather than 5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Alaska

DROPSAran · Worsted100% wool

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

→ Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Nepal has 35%.

[same brand]

Hip Wool

HipKnitShopAran · Bulkyest.100% wool

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
6 mm
skein
80 m / 50 g

→ Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Nepal has 35%. Reaches this gauge on 6 mm rather than 5 mm.

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

held together

with another yarn, or doubled, in real patterns, and the gauge each reaches

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Nepal
weight group
Aran · Worsted
group source
brand
ball band
aran / worsted
ply
10
fibres
65% wool, 35% alpaca
skein
75 m / 50 g
gauge
17 sts/22 rows @ 5 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: 1484 yarns · 57 brands · 142 without gauge · 344/1490 gauge rows missing row count.