Welcome to Pashmina International. We stock many designs of genuine pashmina shawls online; Cashmere and Silk scarves, stoles shawls and wraps.
Our products are all hand chosen to ensure quality, and so that we can guarantee your satisfaction. We offer free international shipping on every order.Pashmina Color Advice
Nothing says, "I care about you," more than a garment made with Pashmina fiber. Cashmere comes from a goat who lives in New Zealand, Iran and the Himalayas. The goat resides in warm climates. When sheared, the goat provides a very soft underbelly fiber, considered by some, to be the finest fiber in the world. The goat's underbelly is a beige tone. The color is close to white, but still must go through a treatment process, and always a dyeing process before sold. An interesting fact: one goat, produces about 6-8 ounces of cashmere each year.
The skeins of available cashmere and especially pashmina, is sold in small yardage because of the fine quality. Pashmina is often complimented with merino wool, for a very soft, light-weight blend. When purchasing pashmina, one must buy enough skeins for the project.
The colors of pashmina are produced by a dying process. If too much heat is used, the fiber will break, or stretch. If the dye temperature is too cold, it will produce a brittle fiber. Colors are often applied in multiple steps, for brilliancy and clarity. Being a beige wool upon shearing, the first coat of dye is a lighter color, and can become lighter during the drying process. Therefore, the fiber is dried between each coating of dye. This is a time consuming process.
The truest colors for cashmere are ones in which there are several dye processes. Often, blue cashmere (or even pashmina, more fine than cashmere itself), is seen in either teal or a peacock hue. Pashmina tends to invite itself to brilliant colors. Colors such as fuchsia, can be paired with a light pink scarf.
Bright yellow cashmere is a difficult color to obtain, due to the light tone. Yellow must be dyed many times. It is commonly paired with black embellishments of silk or rayon, and black slacks. Primrose yellow is a lighter color of yellow, often sought for dresses, which include a pashmina jacket in either the same color, or white, or even snowy metallic. Pashmina can be blended with Krenic threads at the factory, to produce a snow like effect, if dyed white.
Black cashmere is dyed many times to produce the deep dark, pure black tone. Black can be paired with about anything, as long as the black tones match. If purchasing a garment in black cashmere, it is best to either swatch the match in black, and bring the cashmere garment or yarn in good lighting for a match, or wear the black pants or skirt to be matched. One never wants to purchase a garment of pashmina, without assuring a match of colors. If purchasing the garment for a gift, without knowledge of the color it is to be worn with, it is better to think neutral.
Neutral cashmere is often lightly died. It is a strong fiber, and is seen in several beige or even khaki tones. It is more natural to the original tone of the goat. It can be paired with several colors, and is very appropriate.
The skeins of available cashmere and especially pashmina, is sold in small yardage because of the fine quality. Pashmina is often complimented with merino wool, for a very soft, light-weight blend. When purchasing pashmina, one must buy enough skeins for the project.
The colors of pashmina are produced by a dying process. If too much heat is used, the fiber will break, or stretch. If the dye temperature is too cold, it will produce a brittle fiber. Colors are often applied in multiple steps, for brilliancy and clarity. Being a beige wool upon shearing, the first coat of dye is a lighter color, and can become lighter during the drying process. Therefore, the fiber is dried between each coating of dye. This is a time consuming process.
The truest colors for cashmere are ones in which there are several dye processes. Often, blue cashmere (or even pashmina, more fine than cashmere itself), is seen in either teal or a peacock hue. Pashmina tends to invite itself to brilliant colors. Colors such as fuchsia, can be paired with a light pink scarf.
Bright yellow cashmere is a difficult color to obtain, due to the light tone. Yellow must be dyed many times. It is commonly paired with black embellishments of silk or rayon, and black slacks. Primrose yellow is a lighter color of yellow, often sought for dresses, which include a pashmina jacket in either the same color, or white, or even snowy metallic. Pashmina can be blended with Krenic threads at the factory, to produce a snow like effect, if dyed white.
Black cashmere is dyed many times to produce the deep dark, pure black tone. Black can be paired with about anything, as long as the black tones match. If purchasing a garment in black cashmere, it is best to either swatch the match in black, and bring the cashmere garment or yarn in good lighting for a match, or wear the black pants or skirt to be matched. One never wants to purchase a garment of pashmina, without assuring a match of colors. If purchasing the garment for a gift, without knowledge of the color it is to be worn with, it is better to think neutral.
Neutral cashmere is often lightly died. It is a strong fiber, and is seen in several beige or even khaki tones. It is more natural to the original tone of the goat. It can be paired with several colors, and is very appropriate.