Content: 75% Wool, 25% Polyamide
Yarn Group:
A (23 - 26 stitches)
/ 4 ply / fingering
Weight/length: 50 g = approx 205 m
Recommended needle size: 3 mm
Knitting tension: 10 x 10 cm = 24 sts x 32 rows
Machine wash on gentle cycle 40°C / Don’t use fabric softener / Dry Flat
Hard wearing as only a sock yarn can be, DROPS Fabel is a 4 stranded yarn and is superwash treated, which makes it machine washable and easy to care for. Compared to regular sock yarns, DROPS Fabel is spun in a softer wool quality, which makes it an amazing all-round yarn, suitable for far more than socks - try it for baby garments!
With one of the largest colour charts in the DROPS assortment, DROPS Fabel is available in 3 different types of shades: uni colour, a selection of solid colours; print, where each shade is made of various colours that repeat regularly and long print, similar to print colours but with longer repetitions of each colour.
Both print and long print colours in DROPS Fabel are produced with a method called “fancy dyeing” that differs from other methods in that each dye lot has small variations in both pattern and nuance. This is not an error, but an element of the yarn’s character.
Keep in mind that the knitted colour samples displayed below show the pattern you get when you knit with a fewer amount of stitches, as on socks. If you make a wider piece, the pattern will look different. As with all jacquard-prints there may be differences in colour shades and pattern within the same dye lot.
Made in EU
This yarn has an Oeko-Tex® certification (certificate number 25.3.0099), Standard 100, Class I. This means that it has been tested and found completely free from harmful chemicals and that it is safe for human use. Class I is the highest level, and it means the yarn is suitable for baby articles (ages 0-3).
Click on the Order button and you'll be redirected to the DROPS retailer's own web store to place your order.
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DewKnit Webstore |
2.50 EUR 50g |
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Du siūlai Webstore |
2.50 EUR 50g |
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Saules siulas Webstore |
2.50 EUR 50g |
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Siulu dama Webstore |
2.50 EUR 50g |
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Siulu palepe Webstore |
2.50 EUR 50g |
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Siuluturgelis.lt Webstore |
2.50 EUR 50g |
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Voveres siulai Webstore |
2.50 EUR 50g |
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Check here if your local store has it in stock.
Click on the Order button and you'll be redirected to the DROPS retailer's own web store to place your order.
Store name | Online price | |
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DewKnit Webstore |
2.70 EUR 50g |
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Karaliska kokybe Webstore |
2.70 EUR 50g |
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Saules siulas Webstore |
2.70 EUR 50g |
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Siulu dama Webstore |
2.70 EUR 50g |
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Siulu palepe Webstore |
2.70 EUR 50g |
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Siuluturgelis.lt Webstore |
2.70 EUR 50g |
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Voveres siulai Webstore |
2.70 EUR 50g |
Order |
Check here if your local store has it in stock.
Click on the Order button and you'll be redirected to the DROPS retailer's own web store to place your order.
Store name | Online price | |
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Karaliska kokybe Webstore |
2.90 EUR 50g |
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Saules siulas Webstore |
2.90 EUR 50g |
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Siulu dama Webstore |
2.90 EUR 50g |
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Siulu palepe Webstore |
2.90 EUR 50g |
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Voveres siulai Webstore |
2.90 EUR 50g |
Order |
Check here if your local store has it in stock.
Machine wash on gentle cycle 40°C / Don’t use fabric softener / Dry Flat
See the washing symbols explanation chart
Take a closer look at the yarn and see how a knitted sample looks in this video:
Many of our yarns can be combined together to get a different tension, texture or feel. Here's a few combination ideas to inspire you.
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:
Saskia
20.02.2021 - 20:06:
Waar moet ik beginnen met het patroon van Sofia Van 17 naar 11 of van 11 naar 17
Eva Isaksson
17.02.2021 - 10:15:
Hej ! Verkar helt omöjligt att få tag på Drops Fabel Nr 820 Carneval. Har den färgen utgått ? Hälsningar Eva Isaksson
DROPS Design
23.02.2021 kl. 15:27:
Boudreau Josette
08.02.2021 - 14:52:
J’ai acheté la laine Fabel colori 677. Tout au long de la fabrication des bas, j’avais de la teinture sur les doigts et quand je les ai lavés, il y avait plein de teinture bleu dans mon bac. C’est la première fois que ça m’arrive. Est-ce à dire que ces bas vont déteindre au lavage ? Merci de me répondre car j’ai acheté plusieurs couleurs et je n’ose plus les utiliser.
DROPS Design
09.02.2021 kl. 09:38:
Johanne Leduc
04.02.2021 - 08:54:
Bonjour, Avec le fil Drops Fabel Long print, si je veux tricoter deux bas identiques, comment savoir la longueur de la séquence de couleurs pour faire deux bobines pareilles?
DROPS Design
04.02.2021 kl. 10:14:
Jacky Young
03.02.2021 - 13:16:
What breed of sheep is used, where does it come from and how is it spun?
Detriche
01.02.2021 - 18:00:
Bonjour je voudrais commander de la drop UNICOLOR fabel 104, je fais comment ? Je suis en Belgique. Merci. Martine
DROPS Design
02.02.2021 kl. 10:59:
Catherine
29.01.2021 - 14:55:
Pouvez-vous me préciser si le coloris 917 est bleu très foncé ou noir ? Merci
DROPS Design
29.01.2021 kl. 15:30:
Sabine Selle
25.01.2021 - 13:53:
Hallo, ich versuche, die Socken „mexican sunset“ zu stricken. Beim Abschnitt „2. Hälfte der Ferse“ verstehe ich nicht, ob die seitenmaschen oder die mittleren Maschen abgenommen werden. Gibt es hierzu eine genauere Anleitung? Wie viele Maschen sollen am Ende übrig bleiben, bevor man die Maschen vom maschenraffer zurücknimmt? Danke!
DROPS Design
25.01.2021 kl. 16:23:
Violeta Ovando
06.01.2021 - 18:33:
Pueden enviar un pedido a la ciudad de Mexico? Y de ser así, cuanto cuesta y pagaría. Gracias.
DROPS Design
31.01.2021 kl. 20:04:
How can I replace this yarn? 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!
Så et sokkegarn som overhodet ikke fungerer som sokkegarn, altså? Kanskje dere skal merke disse som "fancy dye" og ikke som "print" da. Holder forøvrig med damen under her; har aldri opplevd noen garnmerker som har så mange knuter som drops sine garn. Men takk for svar.