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DROPS Nord

DROPS

Nord

ball band: "fingering" · hand wash

45% alpaca30% polyamide25% wool

Soft and durable in alpaca, wool and polyamide

↗ more info on DROPS

gauge

24 sts × 32 rows / 10 cm on 3 mm

spec

length / skein
170 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
3 mm

substitutes (3)

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

Alpaca

DROPSSport100% alpaca

close match
gauge
24 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
167 m / 50 g

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

[same brand]

VILJA

FilcolanaSport100% alpaca

close match
gauge
24 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
165 m / 50 g

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

Sock Yarn

Isager40% alpaca, 40% wool, 20% nylon

close match
gauge
24 sts (same)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
387 m / 100 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]

patterns matching this yarn (130)

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Nord
weight group
not set
group source
—
ball band
fingering
ply
4
fibres
45% alpaca, 30% polyamide, 25% wool
skein
170 m / 50 g
gauge
24 sts/32 rows @ 3 mm
care
Hand Wash max 30°C / Dry Flat
superwash
no
made in
Peru/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.