Silk/Cashmere Combed Top/Sliver in Salt Spring Island Limited Edition colorway - 'Grasslands' 25g

Hand-Painted 85% Silk/15% Cashmere

Cashmere is luxuriously soft, fine and lofty, providing lightweight warmth.  The addition of silk makes cashmere more affordable and durable as well as adding luster.  Cashmere provides silk a downy softness. 

The high Himalayan Mountains of Asia are the origin of the Cashmere Goat. 

China is the largest producer of cashmere and maintains that the best fiber comes from the extreme cold of Inner Mongolia.  It is the fine undercoat, ranging in color from deep brown, grey or white, which we prize for its feel.

Cashmere fiber is combed from the goat during the spring molt in China and Inner Mongolia.  The outer guard hair is clipped first, making it easier to comb out the one-to-three inch down.

Fiber length is 4¹/2" – 5"

Salt Spring Island colorways are hand-painted in Colorado.  Our silks are colorfast (cold water wash) and our colorways are consistent.  Hand-painting silk sliver is a labor-intensive process. It requires careful manipulation and effort to achieve even color coverage on silk sliver.

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