DROPS

Safran

Name: DROPS Safran
Brand: DROPS

ball band: "sport"

100% cotton

Sport

Egyptian combed cotton in every colour!

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gauge

24 sts × 32 rows / 10 cm on 3 mm

spec

length / skein: 160 m
weight / skein: 50 g
needle: 3 mm

substitutes (9)

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

REGINA

LangYarnsDK50% cotton, 24% alpaca, 20% silk, 6% wool

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: needle not recorded
skein: 175 m / 50 g

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

Palet

IsagerSport100% cotton

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 320 m / 100 g

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

Maja

PerminSport100% cotton

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 165 m / 50 g

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

Seashell

Hobbii40% cotton, 35% viscose, 25% linen

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 150 m / 50 g

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

[weight group not set]

Sunny Linen

Majo Garn50% linen, 27% alpaca, 18% cotton, 5% wool

close match

gauge: 24 sts (same)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 150 m / 50 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 (123)

full specification

brand: DROPS
name: Safran
weight group: Sport
group source: measured_label_disambiguated
ball band: sport
ply: 5
fibres: 100% cotton
skein: 160 m / 50 g
gauge: 24 sts/32 rows @ 3 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: 1406 yarns · 42 brands · 135 without gauge · 276/1408 gauge rows missing row count.