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.Cashmere and Silk Pashmina Blend
Cashmere is normally seen as a blended fiber, due to its availability, and often the cost. Though not rare, cashmere is not mass produced by any method. It is a natural fiber from goats raised in New Zealand and other countries, for the purpose of their soft, fuzzy underbelly hair. Cashmere and or pashmina are available, treated, and often sold with a combination of other fibers. A blend of cashmere and silk is a nice mixture.
Let's discuss silk. Silk is harvested from the silkworm, native to China or Iran. The silkworm is a catapillar, or larva, of the bombyx mori moth. Bombyx mori is Latin for mulberry. Silkworms are imported across the world. They are very fascinating, and create a fun hobby for children and adults. Part of the durability of silk, is the silkworms diet consisting of mulberries. Silk is harvested as part of the cocoon. Silkworms are domesticated and are entirely dependent on humans. After the silk is gathered, it is processed and treated numerous times before useful in textiles.
Cashmere blended with silk, is incredibly soft and durable. The finest grades of cashmere is known as pashmina, or cashmere pashmina, and combined with silk, cotton, or other fibers. It is spun together on large machines, creating one yarn. Blending cashmere or pashmina with silk does not change the grade of either fiber. But it does compliment each other, causing better durability, and fabric with a nice sheen. The fabric or yarn produced is a beige tone, and is dyed in any color. Silk and cashmere pashmina are suitable for the finest shawls, scarves, gloves, sweaters, and socks.
Cashmere and pashmina are one of the finest textiles. Silk adds to their content. Companies create the fiber blend, often using a mixture of 55% silk, 45% pashmina. Sometimes the finer fabrics, for shawls or scarves combine 70% cashmere, 30% silk. This fabric creates a shine and is ultra soft. The drape is luxurious. A scarf or shawl made of this material is unparalleled.
Silk and cashmere pashmina require more care than other fabrics. Hand wash, in not shockingly hot or cold water, without agitation. If the garment is accidentally washed on hot in a washing machine with agitation, the item you retrieve from your washing machine will not fit an adult, but possibly fit a four year old child. One must be very respectful of their clothing label and fabric content. Also, the fabric used for scarves, shawls and even sweaters is not meant to be overly soiled.
Socks and gloves made of this fiber is more dense. If the fiber is meant to be knitted into a pair of socks, it is treated with a special process, that makes it washable to a certain degree. Socks that are knitted with cashmere and silk pashmina are durable and firm for more wear and tear from the heel area, and they often don't require washing settings any different from warm water, no chlorine bleach. Cashmere and silk pashmina, if properly cared for, does not wrinkle, but can be ironed at the lowest of settings, with a towel between the iron and clothing product. The luxury of this fabric is worth the extra care.
Let's discuss silk. Silk is harvested from the silkworm, native to China or Iran. The silkworm is a catapillar, or larva, of the bombyx mori moth. Bombyx mori is Latin for mulberry. Silkworms are imported across the world. They are very fascinating, and create a fun hobby for children and adults. Part of the durability of silk, is the silkworms diet consisting of mulberries. Silk is harvested as part of the cocoon. Silkworms are domesticated and are entirely dependent on humans. After the silk is gathered, it is processed and treated numerous times before useful in textiles.
Cashmere blended with silk, is incredibly soft and durable. The finest grades of cashmere is known as pashmina, or cashmere pashmina, and combined with silk, cotton, or other fibers. It is spun together on large machines, creating one yarn. Blending cashmere or pashmina with silk does not change the grade of either fiber. But it does compliment each other, causing better durability, and fabric with a nice sheen. The fabric or yarn produced is a beige tone, and is dyed in any color. Silk and cashmere pashmina are suitable for the finest shawls, scarves, gloves, sweaters, and socks.
Cashmere and pashmina are one of the finest textiles. Silk adds to their content. Companies create the fiber blend, often using a mixture of 55% silk, 45% pashmina. Sometimes the finer fabrics, for shawls or scarves combine 70% cashmere, 30% silk. This fabric creates a shine and is ultra soft. The drape is luxurious. A scarf or shawl made of this material is unparalleled.
Silk and cashmere pashmina require more care than other fabrics. Hand wash, in not shockingly hot or cold water, without agitation. If the garment is accidentally washed on hot in a washing machine with agitation, the item you retrieve from your washing machine will not fit an adult, but possibly fit a four year old child. One must be very respectful of their clothing label and fabric content. Also, the fabric used for scarves, shawls and even sweaters is not meant to be overly soiled.
Socks and gloves made of this fiber is more dense. If the fiber is meant to be knitted into a pair of socks, it is treated with a special process, that makes it washable to a certain degree. Socks that are knitted with cashmere and silk pashmina are durable and firm for more wear and tear from the heel area, and they often don't require washing settings any different from warm water, no chlorine bleach. Cashmere and silk pashmina, if properly cared for, does not wrinkle, but can be ironed at the lowest of settings, with a towel between the iron and clothing product. The luxury of this fabric is worth the extra care.