from:
1.80£
2.20€
Content: 53% Cotton, 33% Viscose, 14% Linen
Yarn Group:
B (20 - 22 stitches)
/ 8 ply / DK / worsted
Weight/length: 50 g = approx 120 m
Recommended needle size: 4 mm
Knitting tension: 10 x 10 cm = 21 sts x 28 rows
Care: Machine wash on gentle cycle 30°C / Dry Flat
Made in: EU
Raw material origin: Cotton from Pakistan, linen and viscose from Turkey
This yarn has an Oeko-Tex® certification (certificate number 09.HBG.68250), Standard 100, Class I from the Hohenstein Institute. This means that is has been tested for harmful substances and is considered safe in human-ecological terms. Class I is the highest level, and it means the yarn is suitable for baby articles (ages 0-3).
Made from a wonderful mix of cotton, viscose and linen, DROPS Belle is an all-year yarn that breathes well, has a delicate texture and shine, and it’s perfect to wear directly on the skin.
Part of Yarn Group B, this yarn is a great alternative to make patterns designed in other cotton yarns - like Cotton Light and Muskat - extra luxurious!
Read more about our products' sustainability here
Machine wash on gentle cycle 30°C / Dry Flat
Here are some guidelines to wash your garment in DROPS Belle, but please note that cotton has the tendency to shrink in the wash, so make sure you measure the garment before washing, in order to shape it correctly after the wash:
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 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!
Hanne Gunnertoft Pedersen wrote:
Er Belle garnet blevet tyndere siden det kom frem. Jeg synes ikke jeg strikker stramt overhovedet, men får ikke strikkefastheden til at passe. Pind 4 og 21 X 28 bliver kun til 9 X 9 cm.
20.03.2016 - 00:21DROPS Design answered:
Hej Hanne. Garnet er ikke aendret.
23.03.2016 kl. 14:50Maggie wrote:
Ik ben een voorjaarstrui aan het breien met drops Belle (wat een fantastisch garen!) maar ik vraag me af of ik de trui moet spannen na het breien en hoe precies; kan ik het het beste voorzichtig wassen en dan opspannen? alvast dank voor uw antwoord. Maggie
19.03.2016 - 07:52DROPS Design answered:
Hoi Maggie. Ik zou de wasaanwijzingen aanhouden en plat laten drogen. Ik zou niet te strak opspannen, meer netjes in vorm brengen en lichtjes strekken tot de juiste vorm/afmetingen van de trui. Veel plezier mee.
23.03.2016 kl. 14:51Claudia wrote:
Guten Tag, eignet eich diese Wolle, um eine Babydecke zu stricken? Ist sie weich genug dafür und bleibt in Form?
30.01.2016 - 15:30DROPS Design answered:
Liebe Claudia, wenn Sie eine wirklich weiche Baby-Decke möchten, empfehlen wir Ihnen Merino.
04.02.2016 kl. 15:59Anna wrote:
Waar in Nederland is Drops Belle kleurnr. 17 petrol te koop?
15.11.2015 - 22:23DROPS Design answered:
Hoi Anna. Bij één van de Superstores. Zij bieden ons complete assortiment aan, dus ook kleur 17 in Belle. Hier is de lijst van Nederlandse verkooppunten en je kan kijken in de webshops van de winkels via de links op de profielen
16.11.2015 kl. 13:50Gabi wrote:
Guten Tag zusammen, hat schon jemand Erfahrungen mit der Qualität *Belle*? Leinen, Wolle, Viscose. Behält das Strickstück auch nach der Wäsche bzw. nach längerem Tragen noch die Form? oder leiert das Stück aus? wird größer, weiter?? Wer kann mir eine Antwort geben? Grüße Gabi
03.09.2015 - 16:35DROPS Design answered:
Hallo Gabi, wir haben sehr positive Rückmeldungen zu Belle. Wenn Sie im Internet etwas surfen und z.B. in Foren oder Blogs lesen finden Sie dies bestätigt. Für spezifische Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an den Laden oder Onlineshop, in dem Sie das Garn gekauft haben.
11.09.2015 kl. 10:55Karin wrote:
Belle = Cecilia från Svarta Fåret.
26.08.2015 - 17:26CHANTAL wrote:
Ce fil est très beau, facile et agréable à tricoter. Il donne un tricot léger, plus facile à sécher que le pur coton, j' espère qu'il ne s'étendra pas au lavage. J'ai choisi la couleur 13, bleu jeans foncé, elle me plaît beaucoup, je suis très contente de mon choix. Je tricote le pull 159-9 Sandy Shore.
03.08.2015 - 06:23DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Chantal et merci, pensez à toujours bien suivre les consignes d'entretien figurant sur l'étiquette et retrouvez ici quelques généralités. Votre magasin DROPS saura également vous aider et vous conseiller. Bon tricot!
03.08.2015 kl. 10:14Inge wrote:
Beste, Van garen Belle kan ik Nederland geen winkel vinden die kleur 18 en 19 verkopen. Zijn ze niet meer te koop of nog niet? Dankjewel, Inge
01.08.2015 - 01:48DROPS Design answered:
Hoi Inge. De kleuren zijn sinds ongeveer een week in voorraad. Ze worden nu geleverd naar de winkels. De Superstores zullen deze kleuren zeker verkopen. Neem contact op met ze voor meer informatie
03.08.2015 kl. 12:10Maggie Wullum wrote:
Hej Jeg blev straks begejstret, da jeg så det - på den tid - helt nye Belle, og købte straks til et par trøjer. Nu er jeg så gået i gang, og inden jeg har brugt den første tredjedel af det første nøgle, har der været 2 knuder og 2 gange, hvor halvdelen af trådene var knækket, så i alt 4 gange sammenføjninger på ca. 1/3 nøgle. Mvh Maggie
15.07.2015 - 09:47Dominique André wrote:
Je voudrais bien acheter ce produit pour une camisole d'été, mais il semble que ce ne soit pas possible pour le Canada?
19.06.2015 - 20:14DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme André, Cliquez ici pour la liste des magasins au Canada ou livrant au Canada. Bon tricot!
20.06.2015 kl. 11:44Annica Nilsson wrote:
Passar garnet drops belle till att virka med? Har tänkt virka en sjal av det? Annica
16.06.2015 - 21:37DROPS Design answered:
Hej. Ja du kan virka med Belle. Virka gärna en provlapp först för att se om du tycker om att virka med det och för att se resultatet. Mvh DROPS Design
26.06.2015 kl. 10:16Maria José wrote:
Bien joli ce fil, doux et souple. Maintenant il reste à le proposer dans des couleurs plus variées et vibrantes. Coton pour l'été oblige!
14.05.2015 - 13:43D. wrote:
Sind auch noch andere Farben geplant ? Es ist ein schönes Garn, aber die ganzen Pastelltöne find ich nicht so gut.
27.04.2015 - 19:32DROPS Design answered:
Liebe D., Belle ist ein sehr beliebtes Garn und ich vermute schon, dass wir die Farbpalette nach und nach weiter ausbauen.
08.05.2015 kl. 06:45Claudia wrote:
Ein Hammer Garn! Gibt escdas bald auch in Garngruppe A und C? *__*
22.04.2015 - 20:55Su wrote:
Comment ce fil réagit il au lavage, par rapport à d'autres fils en 100% coton? Pour une couverture bébé est ce q ue j'achète ceci ou un autre fil coton? Merci
21.04.2015 - 19:54DROPS Design answered:
Chère Mme Su, vous trouverez sous l'onglet "Entretien" toutes les consignes nécessaire, et ici des généralités importantes. Vous pouvez également contacter votre magasin DROPS, il saura vous aider et vous renseigner. Bon tricot!
23.04.2015 kl. 10:17Torild Stokke wrote:
Garnet var nydelig,men ble veldig skuffet over den gammelrosa fargen.Den var lakserosa :-(
19.04.2015 - 18:26Berit Eriksen wrote:
Er garnet "belle" nemt at hækle med?
09.04.2015 - 20:37DROPS Design answered:
Hej Berit. Du kan sagtens haekle med Belle. Du kan altid haekle en pröve först og se om du kan lide at arbejde med det.
13.04.2015 kl. 12:17Dawn H Naujock wrote:
How much yarn will I need to knit DROPS 15-7 by DROPS Design in size 7/8 using DROPS Belle, or Malabrigo Merino worsted 099 Stone Blue SKU 6332, or DROPS BIG Merino 07 jeans blue??
28.03.2015 - 17:20DROPS Design answered:
Dear Mrs Naujock, please click here to calculate amount of yarn in an alternative, remember to check group/alternatives and tension (Belle = group B), Big Merino (= group C). Happy knitting!
30.03.2015 kl. 16:44Astrid Gryting Skauen wrote:
Er bomullen i belle økologisk?
24.03.2015 - 22:05DROPS Design answered:
Hej Astrid. Nej, det er den ikke.
07.04.2015 kl. 11:12Grete Westgård wrote:
Når kommer fargene merket med *
22.03.2015 - 20:46DROPS Design answered:
Hej Grete. Hvis du körer med musen over farven med * saa kan du se hvornaar vi forventer den kommer ind paa lager hos os. Staar der ingen forventet leveringstid, saa er det fordi den ikke er kendt endnu, men vi opdaterer saa hurtigt vi kan.
23.03.2015 kl. 14:39Mariela Arango wrote:
Quiero adquirir los hilos drops belle, y las tiendas que tiene n de referencia para todo el mundo no me contestan, estoy en Cali, Colombiano, ¿como hago para adquirirlos¿
20.03.2015 - 22:46Teresa wrote:
Will it be available online in Spain? I use to buy on Crochet10 but it appears without stock, maybe they are waiting the arrival? Thank you!
20.03.2015 - 15:52DROPS Design answered:
Dear Teresa, please contact your DROPS store they will give you all required informations, even per mail or telephone. Happy knitting!
21.03.2015 kl. 10:54Karin Högrelius wrote:
Finns det någon affär i Stockholm med omnejd (helst västerort/norrort) som säljer Belle?
20.03.2015 - 09:44DROPS Design answered:
Hej Karin. Du kan se her paa Belle farvekortet, hvilken butikker der saelger garnet. Er der ikke nogen i naerheden af dig, saa kan u altid bestille online. God fornöjelse.
20.03.2015 kl. 13:56Susanne wrote:
Verkar näst intill omöjligt med att köpa ert garn. Fick i tidigare svar från er att jag skulle beställa online, hittar en butik men fraktkostnaden på 100 kr är inte rimlig. Trist att det ska vara så svårt att få tag på era garner. Närmsta butik och enda i min närhet har inte detta garn jag är ute efter. Mvh
19.03.2015 - 15:50DROPS Design answered:
Hej. Våra återförsäljare har olika fraktpriser, hos t.ex. Deisy Design är frakten på 29 kr nu. Mvh DROPS Design
26.06.2015 kl. 10:13
Marita wrote:
Ich habe festgestellt, dass die Belle etwas einläuft. Also die Maschenprobe auch Waschen!
14.11.2015 - 17:07