Cashmere is wool that is obtained from cashmere goats. The goats possess a special undercoat of wool that consists of fine, soft hair that protects them from cold during the long winters in Mongolia. It is this wool that is used to make cashmere yarn. The name derives from the Kashmir region, located in northern India.

In spring, when the cold winter is over and the goats start to shed their winter wool, they are combed or trimmed by hand to remove the soft undercoat of wool. The rest of the wool, the so-called guard hair, is left on the goat. Then the wool is washed and sent to factories that spin it into yarn.

Cashmere is finer, stronger, lighter, softer, and approximately three times more insulating than sheep wool. Read more about our cashmere here.