Many people are surprised to learn that cashmere, like wool, actually comes from goats. A specific bread of Mongolian goats to be exact, that live high in the mountains surrounding the Gobi Desert. These “Capra Hircus Laniger” goats as they are called, actually have two coats; an outer lying coat that is very coarse and stiff (not anything you would want to use for a sweater), and an underlying or “underdown” coat that consists of a much finer fiber called cashmere. The Goats depend on the cashmere underdown layer to help keep them warm and insulated throughout the harsh mountain winters.



In the spring or “moulting” season the cashmere is either sheared or combed from the goats and then processed to remove the coarser hairs. The remaining fibers are then cleaned, dyed, and spun into yarn. In its final stages the cashmere yarn is either knit into garments, or woven into a heavier weight material that can be used to create luxurious overcoats, jackets, trousers, pajamas, scarves, blankets, and more.

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