Pashmina

Pashmina :

Nepal is known for its finely woven unique Pashmina products. Pashmina, a precious and luxurious fiber with unparalleled quality, is commonly popular as Cashmere Pashmina. It is a very fine quality of wool made from the inner coat of hair of mountain goat (Chyangra in Nepali) of the distant and chilly Himalayan regions .Nepal being the country of the Himalayas is naturally suited for Pashmina production. It is well known for wonderful qualities like warmth, softness, silky texture and lightness. It is said to be much warmer than sheep wool. It grows softer with use thus making it the wool of the highest grade and a very appealing textile in the world.

The underbelly of goats has two layers of inner fur that protect them during the winters of the Himalayas. - layer of coarse and dead fibers and the layer of thin and real fibers which are deeply rooted in the coarse outer layer. This is called Pashmina .It is collected by hand and combed with the help of a special comb and stretched and cleaned up very carefully to remove dirt before hand spinning. The making of a Pashmina is indeed a labor demanding and time consuming process which requires immense patience, high skill and much devotion as even the smallest carelessness can hamper the quality of the product.. Pashmina with soft and natural colors are considered to be more expensive and of better quality than the artificial blends which have vibrant colors.

Some Pashmina industries have started importing machine-made yarn from China and using silk instead. This has helped to improve the quality of Pashmina as it would not prick the skin like the dead fibers would have done. The Pashmina which used to be a favourite fashion item of the huge celebrities has reduced to become a footpath item due to large availability as well as worsening quality.

Spinning :
The pashmina wool is collected every spring, and is basically spun by hand. The yarn is spun on a spinning wheel locally known as ‘Charkha’. At present the use of hand spun Pashmina wool yarn has been replaced by imported machine spun yarn.

Weaving :
Handlooms are still used to weave Pashmina products instead of the power looms as flimsy Pashmina wool can be damaged by it .Weaving is done with a shuttle carrying the soft Pashmina wool through the silk warp. It takes about 4 days to weave a single Pashmina shawl. Pashmina with silk are woven with silk running the length of the weave, and Pashmina on the width of the weave.

Dyeing :
Dyeing also needs immense patience and much experience otherwise the quality of the product may be damaged. It is also done by hand and only natural colours and pure water are used .Dyeing is done at a temperature just below boiling point for nearly an hour. After dyeing pashmina is given for embroidery, beadwork, printing, shading etc.

Silk pashmina :
Pashmina is often blended with Silk to produce wool with softness, beautiful sheen, and of course, durability .Silk pashmina produces a classy finish, exotic sheen, and soft delicate touch, that is why it is the most popular fabric in the world these days. It is made of the combination of fine quality Silk and Pashmina .Some silk pashminas are a combination includes more pashmina and less silk while some are a blend of more silk and less pashmina. But the most popular is a 70% pashmina/30% silk blend. This blend is tightly woven and is quite soft and light-weight.50- 50 is also a common blend. Our one ply products contain 70% Pashmina and 30% silk and two ply items contain 80% pashimna and 20% silk. We offer silk pashmina shawls, Scarves, Blankets, Sweaters, Jackets, Pullovers etc.

Pure Pashmina :
Pure pashmina is lighter, softer and warmer than silk pashmina. Pure pashmina is woven in a Basket weave. It is warmer than the lower quality blends though its texture is less sleek and too fragile. We offer pure pashmina Shawls, Scarves, Blankets. Besides Pure Pashmina, we also present Cotton pashmina shawls, Scarves, Blankets .

Pashmina product - Pashmina shawl :
Pashmina shawls, one of the most popular among pashmina products, may be worn with a sleeveless dress or a jacket or it can be used as a muffler around the neck or wrapped at the waist. Our Pashmina shawls are hand woven by our professional and experienced weavers in traditional looms .We offer our shawls in different sizes and in wide variety of colors. We provide our customers with a color chart from which they can choose the colors for their orders .We also make the shawls according to our customer's color preferences.

Pashmina Uses :
Pashmina is the trendiest fashion fabric of the modern age. Shawls and blankets woven from Pashmina wool have been admired for centuries. In the past, only rich people had an opportunity to use Pashmina. But these days it has become an essential part of every fashionable wardrobe because not only it gives the enticing look but it is always comfortable and never out of fashion and can be worn anywhere, anytime be it a formal occasion or informal one. So adorn yourself with pashmina products. Among Pashmina products shawls, sweaters, scarves, mufflers, stoles, wraps, pullovers, jacket, blankets are the most widely used products. They are offered in all possible colors, in various styles, in plain, in printed or with beads.

Maintaining Pashmina products :

Pashmina is hand woven that’s why pashmina products are very delicate and could get spoilt when washing if proper care is not taken. Professional dry cleaning is the best way to clean them. However cleaning them in washing machines can deform the shape and damage the quality.

Directions for hand washing :

Brush gently to remove the excess fiber. Hand wash in cold water with mild detergent soap or with low pH hair shampoo place on a towel and roll up together to squeeze out the water To dry the shawl place the shawl flat on the ground and let it air dry Lightly stretch and level the edges Use a soft brush widthwise to give the shawl a soft and fluffy feel. Lightly press with steam iron.

We export a wide range of high quality Pashmina products -
Cashmere pashmina, Silk pashmina, pure silk shawls, pure pashmina shawls, summer shawls, pashmina with beads, Embroidered Pashmina , Bead fringed Pashmina ,Shaded Pashmina ,Printed Pashmina, Bordered Cashmere Shawl ,Brush Painted, Heavily embroidered, Horizontal Stripped, Hand beaded, Machine Embroidered, Screen Printed, Super Light Bordered Cashmere Stoles, Poncho, Cashmere Hand Bag, Cashmere Silk Carpets, Cashmere Jackets.

The same size may vary in price ranging from thousands of rupees to few hundreds. High price and good appearance does not mean high quality pashmina. So it is advisable to be careful while choosing the products to avoid getting the fake products which appear real but not so. We guarantee that you will get worth buying products from us at reasonable price.