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What is the difference between pashmina and cashmere?
Pashmina fiber is thinner that is 10-15 microns and the basic Cashmere fabric has 15-19 microns diameter. Due to the thin texture of the Pashmina, it is necessary to hand-spun the wool and manually weave them to make beautiful shawls, scarves, throws and wraps with utmost care. On the other hand, Cashmere is easier to spin.
What is Pashmina shawl?
A Kashmiri man sells a pashmina shawl from Kashmir in a market in Delhi, India. Goats used for pashmina shed their winter coat every spring. One goat sheds approximately 80–170 grams (3–6 oz) of the fibre. In the spring (the moulting season), the goats naturally shed their undercoat, which regrows in winter.
What is purepure pashmina?
Pure pashmina is a rather gauzy, open weave, as the fibre cannot tolerate high tension. The most popular pashmina fabric is a 70% pashmina/30% silk blend, but 50/50 is also common. The 70/30 is tightly woven, has an elegant sheen and drapes nicely, but is still quite soft and light-weight.
Do You Wear Your pashmina with your winter coat?
Your comments on my crochet pashmina last week were incredibly sweet. Thank you so much, they were so heartwarming. Last I have been wearing my crochet pashmina and I really love it. I am wearing it with my winter coat, but I also found out that the pashmina looks quite good on my leather jacket as well. Hurray!
Where did pashmina come from?
It was in the 16th century when the birthplace of Pashmina – Kashmir – was under Mughal rule, that Pashmina was discovered. And the then Mughal kings were swooned by the mere looks of it. Later the aesthetics of this art spread more and French monarch Napoleon Bonaparte gifted his wife, Josephine, a Pashmina shawl.
What is a pashmina wrap?
They are carefully crafted by hand in Nepal using 100% soft and wonderful pashmina wool – the most sumptuous cashmere available. Plus, each wrap is woven with luxurious 3 Ply yarns…making each comfortably warm yet still light weight. Pashmina is the traditional name for the very finest grade of cashmere wool.
Do Kashmiris wear Pashmina shawls?
In Iran, rulers wore as well as gifted Pashminas within their political practices. Here in India Maharaja Ranjit decorated his court with hand-embroidered Pashmina shawls and Fabric. The present scenario isn’t too favourable for Kashmiri Pashmina.