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DROPS Paris

DROPS

Paris

ball band: "aran / worsted"

100% cotton

Aran

Fun and easy to knit cotton!

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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

substitutes (4)

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

Bomull-Lin

DROPSAran53% cotton, 47% linen

close match
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
85 m / 50 g

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

[same brand]

ANANAS+

LangYarnsAran70% lyocell, 30% pineapple

close match
gauge
18 sts (+1)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
80 m / 50 g

18 sts instead of 17 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

close match
gauge
18 sts (+1)
needle
5 mm
skein
75 m / 50 g

18 sts instead of 17 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm][weight group not set]
close match
gauge
18 sts (+1)
needle
5 mm
skein
170 m / 100 g

18 sts instead of 17 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

patterns matching this yarn (45)

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Paris
weight group
Aran
group source
measured
ball band
aran / worsted
ply
10
fibres
100% cotton
skein
75 m / 50 g
gauge
17 sts/22 rows @ 5 mm
care
Machine wash 60°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.