The subjects
100% Cashmere
The fiber
Our cashmere comes from the finest farms in Inner Mongolia, in the Gobi Desert, the region most renowned for this natural and noble fiber. The quality of cashmere is the combination of three parameters: the fineness of the fiber, its length, and its color (from brown to white).
We carefully select the best fibers : the finest (approximately 15 microns), the longest (36 to 40 mm), and the whitest. In the end, we obtain a truly soft cashmere, with vibrant, deep and stable colors.
Our cashmere is also grade A, i.e. the best quality on the market. We also make piecesmade from 100% cashmerewhich is quite rare on the market, due to its high price.
Yarn manufacture
The fiber is collected by combing the Capra Hircus goats. In winter, during extreme temperatures, between -20 and -30°, these goats have a special hair that grows to keep them warm. It is from this hair that cashmere is created.
In spring, goats naturally lose their winter hair. This is when they are combed to harvest cashmere wool.
The fibers are then cleaned and dyed to finally be transformed into cashmere yarn.
Knitting
In our opinion, there were two types of products on the market. Old brands, which make quality cashmere that lasts, but are so tight that the sweaters are often rigid and rough. And the large distributors, who offer products of very inferior quality, often light and where softness is not always there.
We wanted to offer modern sweaters: at the same time flexible, soft and comfortable, thanks to an adjustment of the knit which allows the fiber to best express all its finesse.
We play with gauges, tensions, counts and thread counts to offer different looks: more or less airy, thick, tight.
We innovate also by our patterns and artworks which require specific techniques (intarsia, jacquards, dip dye).
Cashmere maintenance
How to wash your cashmere?
It is quite possible to wash your cashmere by hand, if you do not have a washing machine with a program suitable for cashmere.
Discover here To know everything how to maintain your cashmere.
Light threads
Our Light Cashmere pieces are knitted in a unique way. It is 2 yearns knitted in an off-gauge manner. This requires extremely careful work. The result: comfortable, airy, soft clothes, while remaining warm.
2 threads
2 ply corresponds to a standard thickness. The ply count defines the thickness of the sweater: the higher it is, the thicker and warmer the sweater.
4 threads
4 ply corresponds to an intermediate thickness. The ply count defines the thickness of the sweater: the higher it is, the thicker and warmer the sweater.
6 threads
6 ply corresponds to a thicker sweater. The ply count defines the thickness of the sweater: the higher it is, the thicker and warmer the sweater.
8 threads
8 ply corresponds to a thick sweater. The ply count defines the thickness of the sweater: the higher it is, the thicker and warmer the sweater.
10 threads
10 fils correspond à un pull très épais. Le nombre de fils définit l’épaisseur du pull: plus il est élevé plus le pull est épais et chaud.
Not really.
The ply number varies from 2 to 10. A 6 ply sweater means that each stitch of the sweater is knitted with 6 cashmere ply.
A thicker sweater requires more raw material, which explains a higher price.
However, if the starting fiber is of poor quality, the finished product will be too. The ply number does not guarantee the quality of the sweater but defines its thickness.
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