What is the difference between 2ply cashmere and 4 ply cashmere?
The ply refers to the number of strands of cashmere used to make up the yarn count used in any knitted garment. Therefore a 2 ply sweater is knitted using a yarn which is made up of 2 strands (ply) of cashmere twisted together. And a 4 ply sweater is made by twisting 2 strands of 2 ply yarn together so that there are a total of 4 strands (ply). So a 4 ply yarn will knit a thicker or chunkier feeling sweater and will use more cashmere fibre, hence be more expensive. However, the ply of a garment does not make one garment a better quality than another, it will just make it thicker or thinner. The simple way to remember is the more the ply, the thicker the garment.
