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Best Kashmiri Shawls
Shawl Industry of Kashmir is the pioneer handicraft and has been here for
times immemorial. Kashmiris have been making shawls for thousands of years owing
to the cold climate and abundance of pure wool available in valley. On the eve
of Mughal occupation of Kashmir, shawl industry was extensively established and
achieved the highest degree of perfection. Jehangir, one of the Mughal emperors
says about these shawls , " These are so excellent that there is no need to
praise them".
Raw material: There are two principal types of fabrics that are used for
making shawls - Pashmina, Raffel.
Pashmina: Pashmina - the word derived from Persian word meaning wool is
known as cashmere in western countries. The fiber for this extremely soft, warm
and light wool is combed from the undercoat of the Goats living in the most
remote areas of the Himalayan Mountain range, Nepal & Tibetan border and Ladakh
region of Kashmir. Prices of shawls made of Pashmina depend upon the quantity of
pure Pashmina as it is usually blended with ordinary wool or rabbit's hair. we
have huge variety of selection to choose from. You can even order how much
Pashmina you want in your shawl - 80 % Pashmina & 20 % Wool or vice versa. the
combination can be of Pashmina with Silk / Wool / Cotton / Synthetic Fabric.
Kashmiri Pashmina shawls are world famous for their quality and embroidery
because only Kashmiri Pashmina shawls are embroidered. The very expensive among
these are "Jamawar shawls" which are embroidered all over, and normally take one
full year or more for completion; other Pashmina shawls Jali Shawls, Doordar
Shawl, Bootidar Shawl, Neemdoor Shawl etc being only embroidered to a lesser
extent, normally the central area, sieve-like embroidery or just a strip along
its borders.
Raffle is the simplest kind of the fabric that is used to make shawls in
Kashmir
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