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2.09£
2.50€
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
Care: Machine wash on gentle cycle 40°C / Don’t use fabric softener / Dry Flat
Superwash: yes
Made in: EU
Raw material origin: Wool from South America, polyamide from Italy
This yarn has an Oeko-Tex® certification (certificate number 25.3.0110), Standard 100, Class I from the INNOVATEXT TEXTILE ENGINEERING AND TESTING, HUNGARY. 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).
Hard wearing as only a sock yarn can be, DROPS Fabel is a 4 stranded yarn that 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!
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 no fault or defect, but part of the yarn's character.
Knitted samples in this shade card show the transitions you get when knitting a few number of stitches, as in socks, so you can expect the colour gradient to look different/vary in projects with a different width.
Read more about our products' sustainability here
Machine wash on gentle cycle 40°C / Don’t use fabric softener / 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 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!
Sherri Hazen wrote:
I have a yarn shop in the US and was wondering if you have a US distributor? I would be interested in carrying your yarn. Thank you for your time.
30.11.2020 - 18:12DROPS Design answered:
Dear Mrs Hazen, please read more about becoming a DROPS retailer here. Use the contact form if you are interested!
01.12.2020 kl. 10:08Catalina wrote:
Hola. El hilo me parece bastante fino para hacer un jersey sin mangas, me pregunto si podría utilizaro en doble y si se puede que tipo de agujas debería utilizar? Gracias.
30.11.2020 - 17:41DROPS Design answered:
Hola Catalina! Puedes utilisarlo en doble, los agujas no 4-5. Buen trabajo!
09.12.2020 kl. 10:27Dot Gade Kulovuori wrote:
Jag skulle vilja beställa Fabelgarn till sockorna Nordfjord, men lyckas inte hitta hur jag beställer just de färger som finns på beskrivningen. Det verkar som att det bara är 3 färger man kan beställa.
24.11.2020 - 21:32DROPS Design answered:
Hej. Om du klickar på knappen med den gröna kundvagnen och sedan på beställ så blir du länkad till vår återförsäljares webshop där du kan välja vilka färger du vill köpa. Mvh DROPS Design
27.11.2020 kl. 14:02Ben wrote:
I am knitting a pair of socks using 2 balls of soft chocolate print and took the time to synchronise the pattern so that the pair of socks will look the same, and I am half way through the second sock, and have come across a break/join in the yarn, so now the socks will no longer match. There is a problem with your quality control - What do you suggest I should do to please to re-establish the pattern please?
18.11.2020 - 14:45DROPS Design answered:
Dear Ben, 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. Happy knitting!
19.11.2020 kl. 10:49Ines Schacht wrote:
Hallo, ich suche Drops Fabel 672 weinrot 4x. Ich kann sie nirgends finden. Welche Farbe könnte ich alternativ nehmen. Ich möchte die Decke Sweet Confit stricken. Danke und freundliche Grüße Ines Schacht
14.11.2020 - 21:31DROPS Design answered:
Liebe Frau Schlacht, Farbe 672 gibt es nicht mehr - gerne wird Ihnen Ihr DROPS Laden die beste passende Farbe - auch telefonisch oder per E-Mail empfehlen. Viel Spaß beim stricken!
16.11.2020 kl. 11:40BLANC Fanette wrote:
Bonjour, avez-vous la liste des couleurs individuelles (unies) qui composent les print ? Afin que l'assortiment soit parfait... Merci 🧶
13.11.2020 - 17:03DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Blanc, pour toute assistance au choix d'une couleur unie pour l'assortir à une print/long print, merci de bien vouloir demander conseil à votre magasin, il saura vous aider, même par mail ou téléphone. Bon tricot!
16.11.2020 kl. 11:29Patrizia wrote:
Posso usare due capi di faber print insieme?
04.11.2020 - 11:42DROPS Design answered:
Buonasera Patrizia, si assicuri di utilizzare 2 gomitoli con la stessa sequenza di colori. Buon lavoro!
07.11.2020 kl. 20:28Ana Maria wrote:
Cosa curiosa, viendo la carta de colores de la Fabel veo que las fotos de los tres colores grises es la misma foto y digo por la motita que tiene las madejas que sería mucha casualidad que las tres la tuvieran.
03.11.2020 - 20:53Unni Iversen wrote:
Hei..har dere vinter 913 22513
03.11.2020 - 11:10DROPS Design answered:
Hej Unni, nej desværre, men spørg gerne i DROPS workshop på Facebook her er der gode chancer for at finde det rigtige partinummer. Held og lykke!
10.11.2020 kl. 15:55Lise Aubry wrote:
Comment faire pour acheter cette lain fabel
15.10.2020 - 02:04DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Aubry, vous trouverez ici la liste des magasins DROPS au Canada (cf Nordic Yarn) ou expédiant au Canada. Bon tricot!
15.10.2020 kl. 09:35Dorothy wrote:
How many balls of yarn need to make socks for adult of the Fabel yarn. Thanks
11.10.2020 - 13:20DROPS Design answered:
Dear Dorothy, this will depends on the tension, the shape of garment, the pattern etc... you can find all models worked in Fabel for Women here - you can use more filters if required. Happy knitting!
12.10.2020 kl. 09:30Raymonde Arod wrote:
Bonjour je suis très intéressé par vos qualités de laines mais malheureusement les frais de port sont beaucoup trop élevés pour des petites quantités, dommage mon budget ne peux me le permettre..........amitiés
11.10.2020 - 09:08DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Arod, n'hésitez pas à consulter les différentes boutiques en ligne, elles peuvent pratiquer des tarifs différents - avez-vous pensé à vérifier si vous aviez une boutique près de chez vous? Retrouvez ici, la liste des magasins DROPS en France. Bon tricot!
12.10.2020 kl. 09:28ROSE NOELLE DELORT wrote:
Combien faut il de pelotes pour tricoter un pull 3/4 ans en jersey ? et pour un pull femme taille L 8 pelotes?
01.10.2020 - 23:56DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Delfort, la quantité variera en fonction de la tension et de la forme souhaitée - vous trouverez ici des modèles de pulls enfant et là des modèles bébé (certains jusqu'au 3/4 ans) à tricoter en laine du groupe A (utilisez le convertisseur pour connaître la quantité requise en Fabel). Vous trouverez les modèles de pull femme en laine du groupe A ici. Bon tricot!
02.10.2020 kl. 09:09Christine wrote:
Kan u me aub de 3 nummers geven van de 4de voorgestelde combinatie voor Drops Fabel. Alvast bedankt! Vriendlijke groeten!
23.09.2020 - 20:39Monica Ohlsson wrote:
Jag vill köpa 17 nystan av Fabel efter att ha sett priset här - 19-20 kr per nysta. Men när jag kollar i internetaffärerna så finns det bara till priset av 28 kr per nysta. Det blir en stor skillnad när man ska köpa mycket. Var någonstans kan jag köpa det till det pris som står på denna sida?
22.09.2020 - 12:41DROPS Design answered:
Hej Monica. Om du klickar på den gröna knappen med kundvagn så får du upp en lista med återförsäljare som säljer detta garn och till vilket pris. Klicka på "beställ"-knappen efter namnet så kan du beställa garnet där. Mvh DROPS Design
23.09.2020 kl. 13:47Inga wrote:
I can’t find silver fox anywhere I need 10
13.09.2020 - 19:41DROPS Design answered:
Dear Inga, please find the list of DROPS stores shipping to USA here - please contact them for any further informations about their stock. Happy knitting!
14.09.2020 kl. 10:14Ellen Norman wrote:
Hi there. Would like to know how much yarn yardage - how many balls, needed to make Drops 105-43 (socks)
11.09.2020 - 01:40DROPS Design answered:
Dear Mrs Norman, for the socks Peter Pan you need 150 g DROPS Fabel/50 g a ball = 3 balls (= 3 balls x 224 yds= 672 yds). Happy knitting!
11.09.2020 kl. 08:29Jodi Hayes wrote:
I would like to purchase this yarn in the USA I dont want to pay international fees, customs or additional credit card charges is there anywhere that I can get drops yarn in this country.
29.08.2020 - 22:04DROPS Design answered:
Dear Mrs Hayes, please find list of DROPS stores shipping to US here - please contact them for any informations about fees, customs etc... Happy knitting!
31.08.2020 kl. 10:57Johanna Maria Dvorsky wrote:
Hallo Leser/in Leider vermisse ich im Farbsortiment von Fabel: Gelb, rein weiss, orange, Hellblau
27.08.2020 - 14:43Ingrid Nilson wrote:
Tänker köpa Fabel men undrar om ni också har drops karisma färg 18 (tomteröd) för jag vill köpa båda garnerna på samma ställe för fraktens skull.
26.08.2020 - 22:17Ulla Mærsk wrote:
Jeg har købt Fabel garn i adskillige år. Det sidste jeg købte(Coulor 104, dyelot 87982) har virkelig skuffet mig. Efter jeg havde vasket sokkerne første gang, så det ud som om de var 2 år gamle(jeg kan desværre ikke uploade billeder). Jeg henvendte mig til forhandleren, hvor jeg havde købt garnet. De var enige og opfordrede mig til at kontakte jer. Med venlig hilsen Ulla
19.08.2020 - 14:40Mona Holmberg wrote:
Jag söker Fabel nr 820 karneval
14.07.2020 - 10:22DROPS Design answered:
Hej Mona, den er desværre udgået, de farver du finder her i farvekortet er dem som lagerføres. God fornøjesle!
06.08.2020 kl. 09:39Pia wrote:
Hej Drops. Jeg vil blot spørge om, er det ikke muligt at fremstille garn som Fabel i bomuld? Fabel er utroligt smuk i flerfarvet, med mange fine opskrifter🍀Jeg er veganer og strikker ikke i uld. Tak for Jeres meget fine bomuldsgarner. 🌺
01.07.2020 - 09:31
Evalynn Van Stokkom wrote:
Beste lezer, ik ben fan van sokken breien met fabel. Ik zou alleen heel graag van jullie een sokkengaren zien met katoen en polyamide- dus zonder wol voor in de zomer. Ik mis dit in het assortiment. Mochten jullie dit opnemen, dan zou ik het zeker aanschaffen! Ik hoor het graag
05.11.2020 - 12:57