DROPS Air yarn - 50 g / 150 m
DROPS Air yarn - 50 g / 150 m
- Composition: 65% wool, 35% alpaca
- Unit weight/length: 100 g / 90 m
- Needle Size: 9 mm mm
Quantity: 9
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- Composition: 65% wool, 35% alpaca
- Weight: 100 g
- Length: 90 m
- Crochet Hook Size (mm): 9 mm
- Knitting Needle Size (mm): 9 mm
- Specification: -
- Manufacturer | Name: DROPS | Andes
- Country of Origin: Peru | Europe
- Color Code: -
DROPS Andes yarn — thick, soft and warm alpaca + wool
DROPS Andes is soft and fluffy (super bulky) yarn, in which combined 65% wool and 35% extra fine alpaca. It is wrapped from 2 strands classic combination that gives silky surface (alpaca) and good shape retention (wool).
Fibers are raw — before painting they are only washed (without chemical treatment), so the material's natural properties and the texture of the finished work stand out particularly well.
Perfect, if you want:
- quick progress with knitting needles or crochet hooks;
- especially warm winter accessories and outerwear;
- felted projects (slippers, bags, decorations).
Technical information
- ✅ Composition: 65% wool, 35% alpaca
- ✅ Fabric group: E (9–11 stitches) / 14 ply / super bulky
- ✅ Weight / length: 100 g ≈ 90 m
- ✅ Recommended needles: 9 mm
- ✅ Sample: 10 × 10 cm = 10 stitches × 14 rows
- ✅ Superwash no
Care
🧼 Hand wash, max 30°C
⬜ Dry flat
🧶 Can felt
Origin
- Manufactured: Peru
- Origin of raw materials: alpaca and wool from South America
Certification
This yarn has Oeko-Tex® Standard 100, Class II certification (certificate No. 23.HPE.36896, Hohenstein institute), which means it has been tested for harmful substances and is suitable for frequent direct contact with skin (for example, blouses, shirts, etc.).
Do you have any ideas for what to knit with DROPS Andes?
Care
Care
-Wash by hand up to 30 degrees
-Do not bleach
-Iron at a maximum temperature of 150 °C
-Do not dry clean
-Do not tumble dry
-Before knitting or crocheting, we recommend washing the yarn to check whether it felts/shrinks!
Delivery
Delivery
Latvia
1–3 business days
Omniva parcel locker
3,30 EUR
Free from 70,00 EUR
DPD parcel locker
4,99 EUR
Delivery by courier
up to 3 kg
11,90 EUR
Delivery by courier
over 3 kg
15,90 EUR
You can view delivery prices to other European countries in the top menu under “Delivery”.
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