Cashmere

Cashmere is the softest and warmest fibre the store carries, sourced from Mongolia and sitting at the top of the price ladder. This hub holds the pure cashmere pieces, from scarves and gloves through to cardigans, pullovers and pants. Cashmere Cardigans and Merino and Cashmere Jumpers are the garment pages to open next. Blends and pure merino each have a hub of their own.

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What drives the price of cashmere

Cashmere costs more than merino or a blend because the fibre is scarcer and warmer for its weight. What a shopper weighs up inside this hub is whether the added softness is worth the higher price and the extra care a cashmere garment asks for over a pure merino one.

Softness and its trade offs
Pure Cashmere Cable Collared Cardigan

Softness and its trade offs

Cashmere sits at the top of the price ladder because it is exceptionally soft and warm. The trade off is that it asks for careful washing.

Cashmere Cardigans
Washing without damage
Pure Cashmere Cable Collared Cardigan

Washing without damage

A cashmere garment is governed by the care instructions on its own label, and those come before any general rule. Cashmere stretches while it is wet, so drying flat on a towel away from sun and direct heat is the step that prevents distortion. Harsh detergents and high heat are what do the damage.

How to wash cashmere without ruining it

Common questions

Is it worth buying a cashmere sweater?
A cashmere jumper is worth it for softness and light warmth. It costs more than a merino jumper and asks more in care. For someone who finds ordinary wool scratchy, cashmere often works next to the skin. See Merino or cashmere: how to choose for the comparison. The price of a cashmere jumper follows from the small amount of down one goat yields; Where does cashmere come from? explains the regions and the combing process.
Which is warmer, cashmere or merino?
Cashmere is the warmer of the two as a general rule. It sits at the top of the price ladder for softness and warmth, while merino is the versatile everyday option. The merino side of that comparison is on Merino Knitwear, 187 pieces against the 80 on this page. Merino or cashmere: how to choose covers where each fibre sits.
Which is less itchy, cashmere or merino?
Cashmere is usually the less itchy of the two. The Woolmark Company notes that some ultrafine merino wools are naturally finer than cashmere. House brand merino at 18.5 micron suits most people, though very sensitive skin will usually prefer cashmere. Is merino wool itchy? has the micron figures.

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