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DROPS Sky

DROPS

Sky

ball band: "DK" · hand wash

74% alpaca18% polyamide8% wool

DK

Super soft and lightweight in baby alpaca and merino wool

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gauge

21 sts × 28 rows / 10 cm on 4 mm

spec

length / skein
190 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
4 mm

substitutes (2)

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

Nellie

Permin55% alpaca, 24% cotton, 21% wool

close match
gauge
20 sts (-1)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
200 m / 50 g

→ 20 sts instead of 21, on a 3.5 mm needle rather than 4 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[weight group not set]

Cashmere

Sandnes Garn100% cashmere

close match
gauge
22 sts (+1)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
110 m / 25 g

→ Thinner per gram. 22 sts instead of 21, on a 4.5 mm needle rather than 4 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

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

patterns matching this yarn (53)

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Sky
weight group
DK
group source
measured
ball band
DK
ply
8
fibres
74% alpaca, 18% polyamide, 8% wool
skein
190 m / 50 g
gauge
21 sts/28 rows @ 4 mm
care
Hand Wash max 30°C / Dry Flat / Feltable
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.