| From this year we have started selling exclusive cashmere/pashmina shawls. High quality shawls and baby garment in Pashmina fiber is our new product line.
Pashmina is the finest inner wool that grows as layer at the very bottom of thick and course fiber of Himalayan goat, locally known as chyangra (Capra Hircus), living above 2000 meter above the sea level. Each chyangra produces 90 grams of pashmina once a year. It is extracted from its body either by combing or by cutting during January to February. Pashmina is one of the finest, softest, warmest and lightest wool found in nature. In fact, it is the best wool in the world. Pashmina is known by different names like "Diamond Fiber" and "Soft Gold of High Asia". It is unparallel in uniqueness and elegance to any other fibers.
Cashmere shawls have been manufactured in Kashmir and Nepal for thousands of years, but the Indians never called them "pashmina". They were popularly called Kashmiri wool shawls. The test for a quality pashmina has been warmth , feel and the passing the shawl through a wedding ring.
Pashmina is an indigenous Nepali word which only became popular after the so-named shawls, woven in Nepal, started being popular in the west. What are commonly thought of as pashminas have their origin in Nepal, where the people have a cultural heritage of hand-weaving pashmina shawls with the well-known fringing and hand dyeing.
It can be made of pure Pashmina yarn i.e. 100% or by using both Pashmina yarn and Silk yarn in a certain proportion normally in the ratio of 70:30, 50:50 depending upon the demand of the esteemed buyers. Fineness, softness, warmness, lightness, durability and craftsmanship are its inherent features.
The production process of pashmina product generally includes weaving, dyeing, processing, fringing, tassels, embroidery, beadwork, printing etc.
The most demanding Pashmina items of different size in the international markets are: -
| Products |
Shawls |
Stoles |
Mufflers/ Scarves |
Blankets |
| Size |
1. |
36"X80" |
28"X78" |
18"X78" |
45"X72" |
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2. |
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28"X72" |
18"X65" |
45"X90" |
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3. |
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24"X72" |
12"X60" |
56"X96" |
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4. |
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22"X72" |
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52"X110" |
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5. |
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20"X72" |
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60"X100" |
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In the case of packing, each Pashmina item, by folding properly, is kept in separate air tight- plastic bags and packed the same in cartoon boxes.
The price of Nepali Pashmina product basically depends upon its quality, ordering size, colour, design and size.
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