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The beautifully natural colors of the goats – cream, beige, hazel, brown, and charcoal grey; the hand-combing to harvest the Cashmere in the spring, the hand-crafting of only the very finest natural fibers along with our own CASHMERE: linen, silk, hemp, and organza.
The production of a finished Cashmere article is as complicated as it is difficult. On our farm we harvest the fiber by hand-combing each goat in the spring, to ensure that it is clean and undamaged. Each goat is combed several times to collect the whole fleece, which is then tested for quality (i.e. length and diameter of the fiber). The next step is dehairing (separation of the fine undercoat from the coarser ‘guard hair’), and finally, spinning of the dehaired fiber into yarn. It has taken several years to find Italian weavers who can work with the fine, fragile cashmere yarn, and these fiber artists work only on handlooms, some of them dating from as far back as the 18th century. The entire process of spinning, preparing the loom, the actual weaving, as well as hand-finishing, and knotting of the fringes, takes several hours per piece: the result being made-for-a-lifetime: scarves, shawls, blankets, baby blankets and throws that are as unique as they are beautiful
Hand-weaving is an art as old as humanity. It has accompanied mankind through centuries of mechanization, and although the hand-weaver in our modern culture is considered an oddity, it is with these skills,on looms that date back several generations, that we create our Cashmere.
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The warp sets the structure and background color of the weave - the cross-threads create the pattern: a new nuance in each pattern: from white to grey, from cream to dark brown, natural shades and variations. Each woven piece is distinguishable for the natural irregularities typical of hand-weaving, and therefore every finished piece is slightly different. No two blankets, scarves, or shawls are identical.
From gossamer light, deliciously warm and cobweb-fine shawls, to knubbly 4-ply throws, beginning with the same raw material the finished articles are endless, but always perfectly unique and made to last forever.
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Cashmere Care Fabric Wash
Our hand woven Cashmere is made to last a lifetime.
To ensure that each and every article we weave remains in the very best condition, we have developed our very own gentle, natural CASHMERE CARE - a biodegradable liquid soap that cleans and softens every piece of Cashmere you may have, as well as all of the fine, delicate hand-washables you own. Use this soap on all natural and synthetic fibers, as well as baby clothes and delicate lingerie – not only will they be thoroughly clean and fresh-smelling, but they will last longer and get softer and softer with every wash.
Glass, straw-wrapped Flask ml 100 € 7,50 ml 375 € 16,00
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