What material is used to make cashmere sweaters?
Cashmere is a light weight fabric softer than a purring kitten. There are lots of similar fabrics on the market and some are called cashmere without actually being made entirely of real cashmere. We also have sweaters of man made fabrics that have the softness of cashmere. Real cashmere is scarce and very expensive. A beautifully woven shawl made en¬tirely of genuine cashmere may cost more than $1,000. It is made from the soft under¬coat of fleece taken from about ten silky cashmere goats. The weaving of this intri¬cate artistic pattern takes a skillful worker a whole year to finish. Obviously a sweater made entirely of real cashmere would be very costly. Most so called cashmere sweaters contain only a small percentage of fleece from the genuine cashmere goat. If you read the label on the garment, you will learn what other materials have been added to the precious cashmere. The cashmere goat is a sturdy animal who enjoys life on the rugged slopes of Kashmir in northern India. Some of h
