Faq's
WHICH IS BETTER WOOL OR CASHMERE?
Warmer: Cashmere can be seven to eight times warmer than merino wool. Softer: Cashmere has a higher loft, which makes it softer. More Durable: Merino wool is sturdier and resists pilling more effectively. … Dressier: Cashmere is a more luxurious fabric with an elegant drape.
WHICH ANIMAL PRODUCES CASHMERE WOOL?
Cashmere Goats-
Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from cashmere goats, pashmina goats, and some other breeds of goat. It has been used to make yarn, textiles, and clothing for hundreds of years.
WHAT IS CASHMERE WOOL AND WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE?
The reason that the fabric is so expensive is that Kashmir goats only produce around 113g of cashmere fiber each annually. It takes around two goats every year to produce enough fiber to make a single jumper. Clothes made from cashmere are up to eight times warmer than sheep’s wool and are extremely soft to touch.
HOW CAN YOU TEST REAL CASHMERE?
To perform the real pashmina test, get a small portion or even a fringe of the supposed pashmina fabric, light it, and wait for it to burn. Then you smell and touch it. Since pashmina or cashmere is made from real natural hair, it should also smell like burnt hair, not like burning plastic.
WHAT IS CASHMERE?
Cashmere comes from goats, mostly the type that roams within Asian areas such as Mongolia, Tibet, Northern India, Iran, Afghanistan, and Southwest China.
The luxury fiber mainly comes from the Kashmir goat, but some samples can come from other types of goats too.
Cashmere is typically finer, softer and lighter than sheep’s wool, and can be three times more insulating.
It is made from a very fine, close weave and has been manufactured in Mongolia, Nepal, and Kashmir for thousands of years.
IS EXTRACTING CASHMERE WOOL FROM ANIMAL CRUEL TO THEM?
Each year from March to May, the Kashmir goats undergo a moulting process and shed a mixture of coarse hair and soft undercoat.
Farmers have to separate the two hairs, so that the fine undercoat can be dyed and woven into a yarn to be used in fabric.
However, animal rights groups have slammed the use of cashmere products.
This is because goats have very little fat on their bodies, and can freeze to death if shorn in mid-winter (when the demand for their wool is highest).