DROPS Muskat is a colourful cotton yarn, made from 100% Egyptian mercerized cotton, the finest long cotton fiber you can lay your hands on!
Spun from multiple thin strands, which make it extremely strong and durable, this yarn has a gentle shine and great shape stability.
One of our wonderful classics, this yarn has a huge variety of patterns to choose from, and many satisfied customers after more than 25 years on the market!
Content: 100% Cotton
Yarn Group:
B (20 - 22 stitches)
/ 8 ply / DK / worsted
Weight/yardage: 1.8 oz (50 g) = approx 109 yds (100 m)
Recommended needle size: US 6 / 4 mm
Gauge: 4" x 4" / 10 x 10 cm = 21 sts x 28 rows
Care: Machine wash on gentle cycle warm 40°C / 104F. Dry Flat
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Made in: EU
This yarn has an Oeko-Tex® certification (certificate number 951032), 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).
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Purple Sheep Yarns Webstore |
3.00 USD 50g |
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Wool Warehouse Direct Ltd Webstore |
3.00 USD 50g |
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Check here if your local store has it in stock.
Machine wash on gentle cycle warm 40°C / 104F. Dry Flat
See the washing symbols explanation
Take a closer look at the yarn and see how a knitted sample looks in this video:
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 offers 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 its 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 comes 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.
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.
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.
12) Why are the colors 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 color 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 color I want, what can I do?
If your DROPS store doesn’t have the yarn color you want, try contacting a DROPS Super Store (the ones with the golden badges) - they will make sure to get a hold of the color 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 color?
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:
Gabriele Schödl wrote:
Mit welchem Garn könnte ich Muskat verstricken? Kid Silk? Danke für eine Antwort...... Gabi
10.05.2022 - 18:29:DROPS Design answered:
Liebe Frau Schödl, also ja sicher, Sie können Muskat mit irgendeinem anderen Garn, wie Kid-Silk z.B. hier finden Sie Modellen, wo Muskat mit einem anderen Garn (Garngruppe A) gestrickt wurde oder hier noch anderen mit einer anderen Maschenprobe. Sicher können sie Ihnen inspieren. Viel Spaß beim stricken!
11.05.2022 kl. 08:55:
Anette wrote:
Går det att köpa färgprover på Drops muskat?
08.05.2022 - 18:03:DROPS Design answered:
Hei Anette. Vi har ingen fargeprøver som vi selger. Vi selger kun kilovis og kun til butikker, så hør med din butikk om de har noe Muskat å avse :) mvh DROPS Design
09.05.2022 kl. 07:37:
Caroline wrote:
Hej. Jag söker efter Muskat färg nummer 35 (typ mellan senapsgul och koppar). Misstänker att den inte produceras längre men ville ändå kolla om den ev går att få tag på på något sätt, eller om färgen finns i något annat material är bomullsgarn? mvh Caroline
04.05.2022 - 18:44:DROPS Design answered:
Hej Caroline, du ved at du kan søge på farver: Her finder du Orange som et eksempel :)
06.05.2022 kl. 14:48:
Luisa wrote:
Quisiera saber si este hilo es adecuado para hacer una bolso wayuu
03.05.2022 - 21:47:DROPS Design answered:
Hola Luisa, sí, este es el grosor y calidad que suele usarse para hacer los bolsos wayuu, por lo que es adecuado.
05.05.2022 kl. 21:27:
Mascha wrote:
Moin! Mit Schrecken habe ich gerade gesehen, dass meine Lieblingsfarbe Nr. 39 (erika) "aus dem Sortiment" ist. Ist sie nur vorübergehend nicht lieferbar oder ganz aus dem Sortiment genommen?
01.05.2022 - 23:13:DROPS Design answered:
Liebe Mascha, diese Farbe wurde aus dem Sortiment genommen, aber einige DROPS Händler können diese Farbe immer noch haben - Viel Spaß beim stricken!
02.05.2022 kl. 10:43:
Stefanie Huber wrote:
Hallo, Ich würde gerne eine Temperatur Decke häkeln. (je nach Wetter bekommt jeder Tag im Jahr eine eigene Reihe mit passender Farbe.) Würde gerne eine richtig kuschelige und engmaschige Decke machen, die aber auch einfach zu verarbeiten ist (leicht zu häkeln, wenn möglich auch waschbar). Ich hätte gerne ca 7 verschiedene Farben für eine Decke mit ca 2,50x1,50. Könnt ihr mir da eine Wolle und Häkelnadel empfehlen? Habt ihr auch eine Vorlage? Wieviel Garn brauche ich?
22.04.2022 - 15:20:DROPS Design answered:
Liebe Frau Huber, je nach Maschenprobe und gewünschte Textur + Muster kann die Garnmenge unterschiedlich sein - hier finden Sie Decke, die mit einem Garn der Garngruppe B gehäkelt wird, es kann Ihnen sicher inspirieren; gerne wird Ihnen noch Ihr DROPS Laden weiterhelfen - auch telefonisch oder per E-Mail. Viel Spaß beim häkeln!
22.04.2022 kl. 15:37:
Mary Toledo wrote:
Hola. Hacen envíos a Canarias?
04.04.2022 - 01:09:DROPS Design answered:
Hola Mary, puedes consultar las tiendas con envío a España en el siguiente enlace: https://www.garnstudio.com/findastore.php?id=23&cid=23. Puedes consultar con las tiendas si realizan envíos a Canarias.
06.04.2022 kl. 19:49:
ROSA SOLER MARTINEZ wrote:
Buenos dias, tenemos un tienda-taller de labores y estamos interesados en poder abrir cuenta en su pagina para comprar diferentes hilos para nuestro taller. os pedimos que contacten con nosotros en el teléfono 637 777 028 o bien por e-mail para poder hacer una compra de diferentes productos. muchas gracias
03.03.2022 - 09:13:DROPS Design answered:
Buenos días, puedes rellenar el siguiente formulario para contactar para la compra de lanas al pormayor: https://www.garnstudio.com/wholesale.php?cid=23
06.03.2022 kl. 12:24:
Sarah wrote:
Hei Jeg prøver å finne en farge på Drops muskat som tilsvarer tidligere Drops Palermo 39. Vanskelig å velge fra panelet. Vennligst hjelp meg med dette. Takk. Palermo fines ikke lenger på markedet. Mvh. Sarah
17.02.2022 - 01:06:DROPS Design answered:
Hei Sarah Kan ikke finne kvaliteten DROPS Palermo og farge nr 39 i vårt arkiv. Kan du opplyse oss hvilken DROPS Katalog (Drops nr) du har funnet denne kvaliteten, så skal vi sjekke den opp mot våre farger i DROPS Muskat. mvh DROPS Design
21.02.2022 kl. 08:29:
Andrea Daňková wrote:
Dobrý den, je možné si u vás objednat tuhle přízí, číslo 09?\r\nDěkuji za odpověď Andrea Daňková
14.02.2022 - 19:33:DROPS Design answered:
Dobrý den, Andreo! Tuto přízi můžete objednat u některého z https://www.garnstudio.com/findastore.php?id=24&cid=24"target="blank">seznam našich prodejců - buď ji mají skladem nebo ji pro vás rádi zajistí v potřebném množství. Pěkný den!
04.04.2022 kl. 11:18: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!