Bright red large pashmina scarf

Sheer pashmina scarf. Ultra-soft large scarf, made exclusively from the soft undercoat of the pashmina goat. Vegetable dyed with Madder ( Rubia tinctoria) . The scarf is 65 cm x 220 cm.

This is a scarf for life that is wonderfully warm in a pleasant way. Pashmina is extremely light and very refined. This scarf is therefore ideal for every season and easy to carry.

Fairly made, hand spun and woven by women in mountain villages in the Himalayas.

The difference between Cashmere and Pashmina

The Pashmina goat (officially Changthang) is only found on the plateaus of Ladakh and Tibet, at an altitude of over 4000 meters in the Himalayas. The goats have an 'upper coat' and an 'undercoat'. Only the wool of the goat's undercoat is called pashmina. The outer coat is used for Cashmere products, among other things, but Cashmere can come from different types of goats. In addition to India, Cashmere can also come from large farms in Australia or China. True pashmina, on the other hand, comes from only one region, from one kind of goat.

Do not shave but comb

The pashmina goats naturally lose their undercoat in the spring (the moulting period). It grows back in winter. The undercoat of the pashmina goat is collected by combing the goat, not by shearing. This is done by the nomadic people of the Changpa who inhabit the high plains.

Production of pashmina

Raw pashmina is exported to the Kashmir region. All steps, from combing, cleaning and aligning the fibers, spinning and weaving, are traditionally done by hand. The old quarter of Srinagar city in Kashmir is the main center of pashmina cloth production.

The time involved in the production of this pashmina shawl is approximately 180 hours and it is woven on traditional looms in villages near Dehradun, in the foothills of the Himalayas .