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Pashmina ( Cashmere ), the Diamond fibber form the peaks of
Himalaya, is the softest wool found in the nature, what is more is that it grows softer
with use. Beside the softness, it has an exotically silky texture, weightless lightness
but super warmth. Wearing it next to the skin provides a uniquely titillating experience
which has been described as Sensual sublimity by our ancestors who had perfected the skill
to retrieve, Pasham the diamond fibber, to a status of 90 to 95 % purity form a natural
status of 30 to 35% purity, hand spun it and weave this excellent frabic that adorned the
bodies of the Beauty, Brave and the Brains on almost sun-global scale but the
historical vicissitudes through which we have passed during last two centuries dislocated
the social process of disseminating knowledge form generation to generation, as a result
this wonderful articraft had become almost extinct by the middle of the century when the
sudden boom in the tourist sector, starting mid sixties, stimulate re-emergency of the
craft on commercial scale. But the quantitative proliferation during last three decades
has resulted in the neglect of the quality. The “Run of the mill” Products
available in the market presently are sub standard when copared to the level of excellence
reached by our ancestor. Pashmina (Cashmere) , The fine wool comes from the
undercoat of the Himalayan mountain goat, called” CHYANGRA” ( Nepali
Name of Mountain goat ) which lives in the most remote regions of the Tibetan Plateau
above 10000ft above sea level. For many years cashmere has been woven into
shawls and blankets. For many centuries Kashmir was the only place the fiber could be
woven into shawls, according to treaties that gave the Kashmir exclusive rights to Tibet's
Pashmina supply. Today most of the world's Pashmina shawls are woven on handlooms in
Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. Now days this silk and Pashmina (Cashmere) Handloom product has became darling of the western fashion. |
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