Monday, Sept 30 2024

Is Cashmere Warm? A Guide to Cashmere

By A Mystery Man Writer

This wonderfully soft yarn is harvested from the undercoat of a cashmere goat only, during the spring when the goats naturally shed. It has luxury qualities that can keep you both warm in the winter and not too hot in the summer. With a finer and more sumptuous yarn over Merino wool, you'll find cashmere knitwear softer to touch and warmer to wear. Cashmere yarn The best quality cashmere is from China and Mongolia, a region where the temperature really fluctuates from really cold in the winter, up to -40 degrees, to over 30 degrees in the summer. The cashmere goats have adapted to this climate by developing a double fleece: A coarse outer guard layer that protects the undercoat from water, and a very soft, fine undercoat that provides warmth and insulation from the biting winter winds. The goats from this region have the
This wonderfully soft yarn is harvested from the undercoat of a cashmere goat only, during the spring when the goats naturally shed. It has luxury qualities that can keep