1. Pashmina is also knows as Cashmere.
2. China is the major producer of Pashmina with more than 70% of the world produce. India produces less than 1%
3. Price of Raw Pashmina is greater than 10-15 times than that of a find Merino cross bred wool. This hike goes more than 30-40 times for scoured Pashmina than that of Merino wool.
4. There are 25% outer hair that need to be removed before getting Pashmina.
5. Pashmina is spun by hand. It is also being now spun on machine by mixing 50/50 with Nylon which is than later dissolved using hydrogen chloride. The quality of machine spun Pashmina is slightly less than that of Handspun yarn. It is also spun using PVA- which is then dissolved using hot water.
6. Weight of Pashmina shawl is about 200 grams with EPI and PPI as 50-60 and 46-56 respecively.
7. Pashmina is dyed using acid or metal complex dyes.
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2. China is the major producer of Pashmina with more than 70% of the world produce. India produces less than 1%
3. Price of Raw Pashmina is greater than 10-15 times than that of a find Merino cross bred wool. This hike goes more than 30-40 times for scoured Pashmina than that of Merino wool.
4. There are 25% outer hair that need to be removed before getting Pashmina.
5. Pashmina is spun by hand. It is also being now spun on machine by mixing 50/50 with Nylon which is than later dissolved using hydrogen chloride. The quality of machine spun Pashmina is slightly less than that of Handspun yarn. It is also spun using PVA- which is then dissolved using hot water.
6. Weight of Pashmina shawl is about 200 grams with EPI and PPI as 50-60 and 46-56 respecively.
7. Pashmina is dyed using acid or metal complex dyes.
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How to cite this article:
Goyal, P. A few Notes about Pashmina. My Textile Notes. Available at: https://mytextilenotes.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-few-notes-about-pashmina.html?m=0
Goyal, P. A few Notes about Pashmina. My Textile Notes. Available at: https://mytextilenotes.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-few-notes-about-pashmina.html?m=0
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