from:
3.65€
per 50 g
Content: 100% Alpaca
Yarn Group:
A (23 - 26 stitches)
/ 5 ply / sport
Weight/length: 50 g = approx 167 m
Recommended needle size: 3 mm
Knitting tension: 10 x 10 cm = 24 sts x 32 rows
Care: Hand Wash, max 30°C / Dry Flat
/ Feltable
Made in: Peru
Raw material origin: Alpaca from Peru
This yarn has an Oeko-Tex® certification (certificate number 22.HPE.07484), Standard 100, Class II from the Hohenstein Institute. This means that is has been tested for harmful substances and is considered safe in human-ecological terms. Class II means the yarn is suitable to come in direct contact with the skin to a large extent, such as blouses, shirts, mattresses, etc.
DROPS Alpaca is a lovely yarn spun from 3 strands of 100% superfine alpaca, with an extra twist to provide a durable surface. The alpaca fiber is untreated, which means that it is only washed and not exposed to any chemical treatment prior to the dyeing. This highlights the fiber’s natural properties, while it also provides a better shape and texture quality.
DROPS Alpaca has a large and varied range of patterns available in the DROPS collection. Garments made in this yarn are lightweight and comfortable, super soft directly on the skin, and have a nice, characteristic sheen.
Read more about our products' sustainability here
Hand Wash, max 30°C / Dry Flat
First of all, consider just airing the garment, instead of washing it. If you still desire to wash it, here are some guidelines:
Note: If you are washing a project made with this yarn combined with another, the general guideline is to follow the washing instructions for the most delicate of the yarns you are working with.
See how this yarn looks before and after felting:
Needles: 5.50 mm
Before: 16 sts x 20 rows
After: 21 sts x 32 rows
See a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) about our yarns.
1) What type of fibers make the DROPS yarns?
Yarn can be made from a large number of natural and synthetic fibers. DROPS carries mainly yarns made from wool, cotton, alpaca, linen, mohair and silk. Each fiber type has its own qualities, and they are often mixed to take advantage of the best properties of each one. Coarse yarn has the advantage of being stronger and more durable, and finer fibers offer more softness and comfort. Here a bit about the main fibers we carry:
Alpaca:
Alpaca fleece is the natural fiber harvested from an alpaca, and it is similar in structure to sheep wool fiber. Its softness comes from the small diameter of the fiber, similar to merino wool. It is a soft, durable, luxurious and silky natural fiber. Yarn made from alpaca fibers does not felt or pill easily, and it can be light or heavy in weight, depending on how it is spun. While similar to sheep’s wool, it is warmer, not prickly, and has no lanolin, which makes it hypoallergenic. Alpacas come in 22 natural colors, with more than 300 shades from a true-blue black through browns-black, browns, white, silver and rose-greys.
Mohair:
This fiber comes from the Angora goats, and it's considered a luxury fiber. Mohair yarn is warm as wool, but much lighter in weight; it is durable, dyes well and does not felt easily. Mohair fibers have also a distinctive luster created by the way they reflect light. Despite being a hard fiber, mohair is usually spun into a very fluffy yarn, resulting in airy and lustrous garments.
Wool:
The wool fibers come from the skin of sheep and are relatively coarse fibers. Two striking characteristics of wool are its susceptibility to heat and its felting property, which is caused by the scales on the surface. Depending upon the breed of sheep, the appearance of the wool varies.
Wool from Merino sheep is considered the finest type of wool, having as characteristics that is finely crimped and soft. All the Merino wool in the DROPS yarns has its origins in South America, coming from sheep that have not been subject to Mulesing.
Pure new wool is wool made directly from animal fleece, and not recycled from existing wool garments.
Machine washable wool is wool treated chemically to minimize the outer fuzzy layer of the fibers, and be therefore fitable for machine wash (see Superwash).
Silk:
The silk fiber is a fine continuous fiber produced from the cocoon of a moth caterpillar known as the silkworm. While silkworm is cultivated, the wild or tussah silk is obtained from uncultivated silkworm cocoons. Silk fiber is one of the strongest natural fibers and makes a wonderful knitting yarn. It blends really well with other fibers, especially wool. Silk also dyes beautifully with natural dyes.
Vegetable fibers:
There are several varieties of vegetable fibers, found in the cell walls of plants or vegetables. Of all the varieties, two are recognized as major knitted or textile fibers. They are cotton and linen.
Cotton is the fiber surrounding the seeds in a cotton pod, and it is almost pure cellulose. Cotton is usually white in color but there are green and brown varieties as well. The cotton fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile that is good for summer clothing and accessories, making a weaker yarn than silk or linen but stronger than wool.
Mercerized cotton is cotton that has been through a mercerization treatment. This treatment gives cotton fabrics and threads a lustrous yarn that is more lustrous than conventional cotton. It is also stronger, takes dye a little more readily, makes the yarn more resistant to mildew and reduces lint. It also may not shrink or lose its shape as much as "regular" cotton.
Linen is a fiber derived from the stalk of the flax plant that is durable and stronger than any other fiber. The linen fiber is relatively soft, straight and lustrous and becomes more beautiful with age. Linen is more comfortable to wear in hot temperatures than cotton, due to the fact that it absorbs moisture better and dries more quickly.
Other materials used in our yarns include synthetic fibers such as acrylic, viscose, polyamide (nylon) and polyester. These fibers are used mostly to give strength to a yarn (like our sock yarn, DROPS Fabel) or a special kind of structure (like our blown yarn, DROPS Air).
The polyamide fibre, commonly known as nylon, is very strong, durable, lightweight, easy to care for (can be machine washed and dried), and elastic, which makes it perfect for blending with other fibres to produce hard-wearing yarns like sock yarn.
Compared to polyester, polyamide is softer and more flexible, but it also absorbs more water and dries slower.
3) What type of information can I find on the DROPS yarn labels?
All DROPS yarn labels include information about fiber content (wool, cotton, etc.), weight in grams and ounces, length in meters and yards, washing instructions and symbols (explained here), color number, dye lot number and yarn group information.
4) What are the DROPS yarn groups?
All DROPS yarns are classified into 6 different thickness groups (A to F). Yarns in a same group have similar knitting tension/gauge, and can therefore be interchanged in patterns; however the length may be different, so when substituting always calculate the amount of meters/yards needed for the pattern to know the amount of yarn you need to get.
5) Can I use a different yarn than the one mentioned in the pattern?
Yes, as long as the yarn can be worked in the same knitting tension/gauge. Always swatch to make sure you get the same number of stitches in width and rows in height as given in the pattern.
Remember that different yarns with different textures, will give the garment different looks. The yardage/length may also be different, so when substituting always calculate the number of yards needed, in order to know the amount of yarn you need.
Read more about how to calculate the amount of an alternative yarn - and how to replace 1 thread of a yarn with 2 or more of another, here.
6) What does it mean when a yarn is “Superwash”?
A superwash wool is a special wool product that has been treated or processed in a way that allows it to be machine washable. Many people are afraid to work with wool because it is so easy to shrink (though some shrink wool on purpose) and superwash wool can allow them to work with great fibers without worry. (Read more here).
7) What does “Oeko-Tex® certified” means?
The Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 was introduced at the beginning of the 1990s as a response to the needs of the general public for textiles which posed no risk to health. The Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 is a globally uniform testing and certification system for textile raw materials, intermediate and end products at all stages of production. The test for harmful substances comprise substances which are prohibited or regulated by law, chemicals which are known to be harmful to health, and parameters which are included as a precautionary measure to safeguard health.
For more info go to www.oeko-tex.com
10) How accurate are the colours on the shade cards online?
When obtaining images for the shade card, we do our best to achieve the highest level of color accuracy. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee how images will appear on your computer screen. Every monitor displays color differently, some colors might look darker than they really are, and some colors might be more saturated on some screens. If you experience that many of the yarn colors looks different on your screen than the actual color of the skeins, you can adjust the setting on your monitor.
11) What is a micron? What does super fine / extra fine mean?
The fineness of yarn fibers is measured in microns (thousands of millimeters). Super fine alpaca wool is 26-28 microns. Fine merino wool is less than 21.5 microns and extra fine merino is under 19.5 microns. The less microns the softer and more delicate a quality can be, the more microns the more hard wear the quality will be.
The reason why the microns in a yarn’s fibers are important is that the yarn will eventually become something else, and how delicate or coarse a yarn is will determine in part what we use it for. That’s why we recommend the softest yarns (like DROPS Baby Merino) for baby clothing, or why we choose to use a more hard wear yarn like DROPS Snow, for a seating pad or slipper.
12) Why are the colours in my skeins of print yarn different?
The reason why two skeins of a same print yarn look different can be 1) that both skeins are part of different dye lots; 2) that the skeins have been dyed using a technique called "magic print" (the one used for example in DROPS Delight), which provides unique patterns and smooth colour transitions to each skein, meaning also that within one dye lot, lighter or darker varieties might appear. This is no fault or defect, but part of the yarn's character.
13) My store doesn’t have the colour I want, what can I do?
If your DROPS store doesn’t have the yarn colour you want, try contacting a DROPS Super Store (the ones with the golden badges) - they will make sure to get a hold of the colour even if they don’t have it in stock themselves. See a list of all DROPS stores here.
14) Where can I find a specific dye lot of a colour?
Always try contacting your DROPS store first. If they do not have the dye lot you want we recommend you to ask other knitters and crocheters in the DROPS Workshop in Facebook or Ravelry, which may have the dye lot in their stash and might be willing to part from it.
Yarn sheds because there's not enough twist to hold all of the fibers together. All yarns have excess fibers (from production) that might come off as lint or shedding, in varied degrees that depend on how the yarn is spun. Brushed yarns ("hairier" yarns) like DROPS Melody, have more of these loose fibers than other yarns, and therefore shed more. Shedding also depends on what is worn under or over the garment, and whether this pulls at the yarn fibers. It’s therefore not possible to guarantee that there will be no shedding.
Below are some tips on how to get the best result when working with hairier yarns:
Pilling is a natural process that happens to even the most exclusive of fibers. It's a natural sign of wear and tear that is hard to avoid, and that is most visible in high friction areas of your garment like a sweater's arms and cuffs.
You can make your garment look as new by removing the pilling, using a fabric comb or a pill/lint remover.
If you are looking to replace this yarn with another DROPS yarn, you can use another yarn within the same yarn group, or try our yarn converter!
Morena Dell'oso wrote:
Buonasera, volendo realizzare un golfino con lana DROPS Alpaca in abbinamento a DROPS KID - SILK per il conteggio della q.tà da ordinare come mi regolo ? grazie
07.01.2022 - 16:26DROPS Design answered:
Buonasera Morena, deve sempre far riferimento al metraggio che le serve. Quale modello sta realizzando? Buon lavoro!
08.01.2022 kl. 13:35Tiziana wrote:
Col filato Alpaca e i ferri n. 3 a maglia rasata , il campione risulta 8 cm in larghezza x 9 in lunghezza. Cosa posso fare ottenere un campione 10 x10? Grazie e buonasera. Tiziana
04.01.2022 - 17:21DROPS Design answered:
Buongiorno Tiziana, provi a rifare il campione con i ferri di una misura più grande. Buon lavoro!
05.01.2022 kl. 13:28Latifa Debayle wrote:
Hello do you deliver in japan. I live in Tokyo now and would live to order drop design yarn. Thanks you
27.12.2021 - 11:48DROPS Design answered:
Dear Latifa, you can check the stores with worldwide shipping at this link: https://www.garnstudio.com/findastore.php?id=23&w=1&cid=19
31.12.2021 kl. 19:11Vassiliki wrote:
Hello! Can you please tell me which color is in the demonstration video? Thank you!
20.12.2021 - 22:19DROPS Design answered:
Dear Mrs Vassiliki, we used colour mix 9026, blush. Happy knitting!
21.12.2021 kl. 08:35Satu Viherä-Laine wrote:
Mikä on alpakkalankanne tuottaja? Toivottavasti ei Mallkini. Onko varmistettu, että lanka tuotetaan eli alpakat keritään eettisesti ja ilman julmaa käsittelyä?
17.12.2021 - 21:06Dea wrote:
Buongiorno, siamo certi che il n. 618 e il n. 9025 abbiamo lo stesso nome? A me risulta che in norvegese siano diversi e che in italiano il 618 risulti TORRONE .
16.12.2021 - 15:24DROPS Design answered:
Buonasera Dea, abbiamo modificato il nome del n° 618. Buon lavoro!
26.12.2021 kl. 22:38Jacqueline Van Wijk wrote:
Guten Abend! Was bedeutet Lieferzeitpunkt 3 als Termin?
15.12.2021 - 21:08DROPS Design answered:
Liebe Frau Van Wijk, es bedeutet, daß wir diese Farbe die 3. Woche 2022 (ca ab 17/01/22) erwarten. Viel Spaß beim stricken!
16.12.2021 kl. 08:19Carmen wrote:
Viele Farben sind nicht lieferbar.\r\nAb wann sind wieder Bestellungen mgl ?
15.12.2021 - 16:04Brooke B Albright wrote:
My new favorite yarn!!!! Love the Alaska and Nepal for my afghans. Kindly, Brooke
11.12.2021 - 07:42Inger Olsen wrote:
Stickat en halskrage som sticks. Kan jag använda sköljmedel för att göra den mjukare?
07.12.2021 - 13:40DROPS Design answered:
Hei Inger. Det er delte meninger om man kan bruke skyllemiddel på ullplagg eller ikke. Vi har valgt å markere våre ull garn med at det ikke må brukes, da dette kan ødelegg ullfibrene. Men googler man spørsmålet er det noen (gjerne produsenter av vaskemiddel) som mener at ved bruk av skyllemiddel kan blant annet plaggene føles mykere mot huden. Om du har en rest av garnet du har strikket halskragen med, kan du evnt strikke en prøvelapp og prøv å vaske den med skyllemiddel for å se / kjenne / om det blir noe forskjell, før du evnt vasker halskragen. mvh DROPS Design
14.12.2021 kl. 09:19Nicole Cointeaux wrote:
Bonjou\r\nJe suis un peu déçue par drops alpaca. \r\nC’est en effet un laine très douce mais les petits fils s’accrochent et ça ne rend pas le tricot facile surtout pour le jacquard. \r\nY- a-tt il un moyen d’y remédier?\r\nMerci
07.12.2021 - 10:35DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Cointeaux, je ne suis pas bien sûre de comprendre votre souci, avez-vous essayé avec des aiguilles d'une autre matière? cela pourrait aider. N'hésitez pas à demander à votre magasin, on vous pourra vous proposer d'autres astuces. Bon tricot!
07.12.2021 kl. 15:51Satu wrote:
Kestääkö tämä lanka sukissa?
01.12.2021 - 23:09DROPS Design answered:
Alpaca-lanka ei ole paras lanka sukkien neulomiseen. Esim. DROPS Fabel-lanka (saman paksuinen) kestää käyttöä paljon paremmin, koska sitä on vahvistettu polyamidilla.
02.12.2021 kl. 12:55Leslie K wrote:
Hello, I bought Alpaca mix a few years ago and would like to order more of the same colour. The label says the colour is 0618. Is that the same as colour 618 nougat on the website? If not, is there another colour that could be more similar to 618?\r\nThank you very much.
01.12.2021 - 22:33DROPS Design answered:
Dear Leslie, colour numbers do not change but colour names are sometimes adjusted - just keep in mind that dyelot might have changed, remember your DROPS store can help you even per mail or telephone. Happy knitting!
02.12.2021 kl. 09:31Tessa Roberts wrote:
How is the Alpaca obtained? I am curious about the welfare aspect behind the scenes, if the process is considered ethical and cruelty free, and how the Alpacas are treated and spend their lives.
01.12.2021 - 21:21Christine wrote:
Wieviel brauche Ich für einen Damenpulli in gr,l danke schön.
30.11.2021 - 22:43DROPS Design answered:
Liebe Christine, je nach der Schnitt, dem Muster, der Maschenprobe ... wird die Garnmenge unterschiedlich sein; hier finden Sie alle Pullover, die mit Alpaca gestrickt sind - und hier, alle die mit Alpaca gestrickt werden können (benutzen Sie den Garnumrechner). Sicher kann das Ihnen helfen. Viel Spaß beim stricken!
01.12.2021 kl. 08:05Kari-Anne Lervåg wrote:
Det er helt umulig å bestille fra nettsiden.
30.11.2021 - 17:56Anne K Sivertsen wrote:
Hei, har strikket ullbukse med Drops Alpaca 100% pure alpaca farge 401, er det mulig å få tak i flere nøster av dette garnet? eller kan det kombineres med annet type garn, har 100 gr igjen, tanken er å strikke jakke i str. 2 år....Takknemlig for svar.
29.11.2021 - 13:36DROPS Design answered:
Hei Anne. Farge 401 er dessverre utgått fra vårt sortiment, men ta kontakt med en butikk / en nettbutikk og hør om de har igjen denne fargen (og evnt innfargingen). Ellers så anbefaler jeg deg å bruke diverse sosiale medier for håndarbeid (f.eks DROPS Workshop), der er det mange brukere som hjelper hverandre med etterlysning av garn og partinr. Du kan også bruke andre garnkvaliteter i samme garngruppe (garngruppe A). F.eks så har BabyAlpaca Silk samme løpelengde som DROPS Alpaca, mens DROPS Nord har en løpelengde på 170m. mvh DROPS design
30.11.2021 kl. 08:57Pia Persson wrote:
Hej, undrar över garnet Alpacka. I mönstret z-832 ska det vara ett nystan mellanbrun färg nr 403. Kan inte hitta det i er översikt över garnfärgerna. Har jag missat något?/Mvh Pia
26.11.2021 - 20:55Merja Sevä wrote:
Last week I sent a letter via this link , the letter was in finnish. The case was about drops alpaca yarn. I wonder are you going to answer me at all or is this web link just a waste pipe?
25.11.2021 - 22:01Merja Sevä wrote:
Olen hämmästynyt ja pettynyt, Neulon Alpaca unicolour 3112/7G3584 langalla 3,5 puikoilla Dropsin Pink Peony Cardigania. Menossa vasta ensimmäinen kerä ja lanka katkesi ihan itsestään edelliseltä neulontakerrokselta. Jouduin siis peruuttamaan/ purkamaan yli 200 silmukkaa ja tekemään jatkeen. Olen neulonut aiemminkin tätä lankaa ( eri värejä) eikä se ole pettänyt koskaan. Onkohan odotettavissa lisää näitä katkeamisia?
18.11.2021 - 18:38DROPS Design answered:
Hei, olemme pahoillamme, että näin pääsi käymään. DROPS Alpaca-langan ei tulisi katketa itsestään, suurin rasite tapahtuu , kun langalla neulotaan. Voi olla, että tietty kohta juuri tässä lankakerässä oli heikompi. Olen itse neulonut paljon kyseisellä langalla ja lanka on kestänyt hyvin. En usko, että lisää katkeamisia tapahtuu.
26.11.2021 kl. 16:06Birgit wrote:
Tolle Wolle in schönen Farben, die ich besonders gerne doppelt genommen stricke. Alpaka pillt viel weniger als Schurwolle und gibt ein schönes gleichmäßiges Maschenbild. Aber es ist ein Jammer, dass die Farbe mitternachtsblau (Mix) aus dem Sortiment genommen wurde, denn das war eine wunderbare Farbe. Bitte, bitte, nehmt sie wieder ins Programm auf!!!
11.11.2021 - 12:32Jaana Hämäläinen wrote:
Hei. Käykö DropsAlpaca -lanka 6v tytön kaarrokeneulepeitaan? Vai onko joku muu pehmeä lanka parempi? Entä menekki? Lapsi haluaa liilaa tai violettia pohjaväriksi ja valkoisella kuvion. T Jaana
09.11.2021 - 14:00Pralong wrote:
Bonjour, Je souhaiterai savoir si la laine alpaca est compatible avec le tricotage en machine à tricoter. Merci pour votre réponse
06.11.2021 - 20:54DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Pralong, à priori oui, toutefois vérifiez les réglages de votre propre machine à tricoter, car ils sont différents de l'une à l'autre. Bon tricot!
08.11.2021 kl. 08:22Francine Verhasselt wrote:
Bonjour,je souhaite tricoter une couverture pour bebe de 60x60 cm en associant alpaga et kid-silk.Le feutrage est il possible? Si oui, quel est le calcul pour connaitre le nombre de mailles et la quantité de pelotes. Un tout grand merci, Francine
29.10.2021 - 09:20DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Verhasselt, retrouvez ici toutes nos laines feutrables, si vous créez votre propre modèle, il est alors recommandé de tricoter au préalable un échantillon et de le feutrer, vous pourrez ainsi recalculer la quantité nécessaire - votre magasin saura vous aider si besoin, même par mail ou téléphone. Bon tricot!
03.11.2021 kl. 09:04
Christiane Klenke wrote:
In meinem Laden sind noch fast alle Farben vorrätig. Einfach bei Wollfühlladen bestellen.
21.12.2021 - 01:35