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DROPS Soft Tweed

DROPS

Soft Tweed

hand wash

50% merino25% alpaca25% viscose

DK

A tweed classic in Superfine Alpaca and Merino Wool

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gauge

21 sts × 28 rows / 10 cm on 4 mm

spec

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

patterns matching this yarn (513)

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substitutes (67)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Baby Yarn

IsagerSport68% alpaca, 32% cotton

matching
gauge
22 sts (+1)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
150 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. 22 sts instead of 21, on a 3.5 mm needle rather than 4 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

ALPACOTTON NATURAL COLORS

Concept by KatiaDKest.68% alpaca, 20% cotton, 12% merino

matching
gauge
22 sts (+1)
needle
6 mm
skein
125 m / 50 g

→ 22 sts instead of 21, on a 6 mm needle rather than 4 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Nellie by Permin

PerminWorsted · Aranest.55% alpaca, 24% cotton, 21% merino

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

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

AIR ALPACA NATURAL COLORS

Concept by KatiaWorsted60% alpaca, 17% cotton, 13% polyamide, 10% merino

matching
gauge
20 sts (-1)
needle
6 mm
skein
135 m / 50 g

→ 20 sts instead of 21, on a 6 mm needle rather than 4 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

SOMNIUM

Concept by KatiaDKest.42% alpaca, 34% cotton, 23% polyamide, 1% polyester

matching
gauge
22 sts (+1)
needle
5 mm
skein
450 m / 150 g

→ Thinner per gram. 22 sts instead of 21, on a 5 mm needle rather than 4 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

held together

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

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Soft Tweed
weight group
DK
group source
brand
ball band
DK
ply
8
fibres
50% merino, 25% alpaca, 25% viscose
skein
130 m / 50 g
gauge
21 sts/28 rows @ 4 mm
care
Hand Wash max 30°C / Dry Flat / Feltable
superwash
no
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: 1484 yarns · 57 brands · 142 without gauge · 344/1490 gauge rows missing row count.