DROPS Paris is spun from multiple thin strands of 100% cotton - a fiber that breathes and has a high absorbency, which makes garments made in this yarn cool and yet warm.
Soft to the touch and with a delicate rustic feel, this yarn is available in two different types; DROPS Paris uni colour, made from 100% combed cotton and DROPS Paris recycled denim, made from 100% recycled cotton.
In both cases, this is a yarn that works up fast and easy, and it’s a great choice for beginners and for interior projects like potholders, dish cloths, towels and baby bibs; being especially good for people with sensitive skin, since it does not itch or irritate.
Content: 100% Cotton
Yarn Group:
C (16 - 19 stitches)
/ 10 ply / aran / worsted
Weight/length: 50 g = approx 75 m
Recommended needle size: 5 mm
Knitting tension: 10 x 10 cm = 17 sts x 22 rows
Care: Machine wash 60°C / Dry Flat
(See more)
Made in: EU
Raw material origin: Cotton from Pakistan
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).
Read more about our products' sustainability here
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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Bùth Bharraigh Ltd Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Cotton Pod Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Fibre and Fleece Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Hop Stitch & Jumper Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Laughing Hens Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
LindeHobby Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Little Woollie LTD Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Old Cottage Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Purple Sheep Yarns Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Slipstitch Ldn Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
The Knitting Network Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
The Novello Wool Shop Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
The Orry Mill Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
The Wool Factory Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Timeless Fabrics Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Weaveknitit Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Wool Warehouse Direct Ltd Webstore |
0.75 GBP 50g |
Order |
Yarn and good company Webstore |
0.75 GBP 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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Cotton Pod Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
Fibre and Fleece Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
Hop Stitch & Jumper Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
Laughing Hens Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
LindeHobby Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
Old Cottage Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
Purple Sheep Yarns Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
Slipstitch Ldn Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
The Knitting Network Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
The Novello Wool Shop Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
The Orry Mill Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
The Wool Factory Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
Weaveknitit Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
Wool Warehouse Direct Ltd Webstore |
0.65 GBP 50g |
Order |
Check here if your local store has it in stock.
Machine wash 60°C / Dry Flat
While DROPS Paris uni colour shades can be washed at 60 degrees, recycled denim colours are more delicate and should not be washed at more than 40 degrees, to avoid shrinking.
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 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:
Bente Karmann wrote:
Er det bedst at vaske Drops Paris på 60 grader, som der står på banderolen, eller kan man vaske det på 30 grader?? Mvh. Bente Karmann
12.05.2022 - 11:40:DROPS Design answered:
Hej Bente, Et ensfarvet stykke tøj i Paris bliver ikke skadet af at vaske det på 30 eller 40 grader, men hvis du strikker karklude så klarer det at blive vasket på 60 grader :)
13.05.2022 kl. 12:24:
Lynn Armstrong wrote:
I need some more drops Paris recycled demin colour101 dyelot662
02.05.2022 - 15:46:DROPS Design answered:
Dear Mrs Armstrong, you are welcome to contact your favorite DROPS store or any other in your country to ask them for this dyelot - you can even try asking other customers in our DROPS Workshop. Happy knitting!
03.05.2022 kl. 11:01:
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 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 die ca 2,50x2,50 werden soll. Könnt ihr mir da eine Wolle und Häkelnadel empfehlen? Und wieviel Knäuel? Danke
27.04.2022 - 10:12:DROPS Design answered:
Liebe Frau Huber, je nach gewünschte Maschenprobe/Struktur wird die Häkelnadel/Garnmenge unterschiedlich sein - hier finden Sie alle unsere Decke, die mit einem Garn der Garngruppe C gehäkelt wurden, hoffentlich kann es Ihnen inspirieren. Ihr DROPS Laden wird dann Ihnen gerne - auch telefonisch oder per E-Mail- weiterhelfen. Viel Spaß beim häklen!
27.04.2022 kl. 15:47:
Loredana wrote:
Se devo lavorare un filato con 2 capi (per sostituire un filato più grosso), i ferri li devo raddoppiare? \r\nFilato Safran 1 capo ferri 3\r\nFilato Safran 2 capi ferri ?
26.04.2022 - 02:30:DROPS Design answered:
Buonasera Loredana, dipende dal gruppo filati a cui appartengono, provi a cliccare qui qui per saperne di più. Buon lavoro!
29.04.2022 kl. 17:40:
ALBAN VÉRONIQUE wrote:
Bonjour je cherche des fils coton pour crocheter des lavettes avec un fil supportant lavage 60 degrés. Pour le drop safran, sur certains sites conseil entretien lavage 60 et d'autres lavages 40🤔. Donc j'hésite à passer commande. Merci d avance pour votre réponse
03.04.2022 - 18:36:DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Alban, nous recommandons de laver Safran à 40 à cause des couleurs, mais comme c'est un pur coton, il peut être lavé à 60. Bon tricot!
04.04.2022 kl. 11:04:
Gracie wrote:
I love this yarn, literally have it coming out of my ears. I just wondered… has there ever been any thought of either using recycled cotton/waste cotton, or bringing out a range that is just that. If you already have that feel free to correct me ☺️ Thanks guys!
03.04.2022 - 16:16:DROPS Design answered:
Dear Gracie! We're glad you like our DROPS Paris! You will find 4 shades of recycled denim in the shadecard. We have also used recycled cotton for the yarn https://www.garnstudio.com/yarn.php?show=drops-loves-you-9&cid=19"target="blank">DROPS Loves You 9 , which is slightly thinner than the DROPS Paris, but also in a beautiful colour range. ☺️Happy crafting!
04.04.2022 kl. 10:53:
Rosanna wrote:
Desidero sapere se avete un filato in puro cotone, o cotone e lino, che sia più spesso del Drops Paris. In tal caso , quali colori avete? Dello stesso spessore ci sono anche tinte melange? Ringrazio in anticipo e saluto . Cordialità. Rosanna
31.03.2022 - 22:24:DROPS Design answered:
Buongiorno Rosanna, nell'assortimento DROPS non è presente un filato di cotone più spesso di Paris. Buon lavoro!
05.04.2022 kl. 08:09:
Joyce Marston wrote:
I am looking for DROPS Paris 65, 59, 62, 66, and am having problems locating these online. Can you assist me please?
19.03.2022 - 18:14:DROPS Design answered:
Dear Joyce, in the Paris yarn page, if you select USA when choosing the country (below the photo), you can click on order for Paris Uni colors and it will show you online stores that sell DROPS Paris. You can check with them any colors that you need.
20.03.2022 kl. 18:07:
Nadine Leclercq wrote:
J aimerais commander du coton paris pour réaliser le sac compass tote, mais mon code postal est 29940 je ne sais pas ou commander quel magasin
11.03.2022 - 15:41:DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Leclerq, nous n'avons actuellement pas de magasins dans le 29, mais vous trouverez la liste des magasins proposant cette qualité en cliquant sur le bandeau "commander"; choisissez votre magasin et cliquez sur "commander" à droite de son nom pour ouvrir leur boutique en ligne et passer votre commande. bon tricot!
14.03.2022 kl. 14:32:
Françoise BARRET wrote:
Bonjour, j'aimerai savoir si vous avez en stock 1 pelote Drops Paris coloris 32 lot 0988, et à quel prix ainsi que les frais d'envoi. Cordialement Merci
11.03.2022 - 10:24:DROPS Design answered:
Bonjour Mme Barret, n'hésitez pas à demander à votre magasin DROPS habituel, ou bien à d'autres tricoteuses sur notre groupe DROPS Workshop. Bon tricot!
14.03.2022 kl. 14:47: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!