Cashmere
What is cashmere?
Cashmere is luxuriant fabric that many a manner-conscious woman has dreamed of dressing against her skin. Its bright feel, feathering-light weight, and appreciable status make it extremely desirable. Cashmere is the wool or fur of the Kashmir goat. Kashmir goats are primarily raised in Mongolia, but many are bred in Iran, Tibet, India and China. American herders have also joined the international cashmere production market in recent years. In the frigid high desert climates where most of the goats are raised, the dense inner coat guards against harsh winter weather, but once seasons change, goats begin to lose the protective layer of down.
Garments made of cashmere were once only free to king because the density of the wool compounded its value. Napoleon is said to have popularized the use of cashmere as shawls or wraps when he gave his second wife, Empress Eugenie, seventeen of them. Home weavers and knitters cherish cashmere for its soft hand and practical warmth; cashmere wool is available for home projects at yarn shops or online via Internet craft and knitting sites.
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