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Handspun Pashmina Shawl, Natural White — main view
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Kashmir pashmina handloom

Handspun Pashmina Shawl, Natural White

Srinagar, Kashmir

The undercoat of the Changthangi goat, combed out each spring in Ladakh, spun by hand and woven plain on a wooden loom. This shawl is left in the fleece's own colour — an off-white that has never met dye. It is light enough to forget you are wearing it, and warm in the way only hand-spun pashmina is, because the loose twist traps air.

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Maker journey

The hands behind it

The craft
Pashmina hand-spinning and handloom weaving
The place
Srinagar, Kashmir
The hands
The fibre is spun on a wooden spinning wheel called a yinder, a thread so fine it is worked by feel as much as by sight.

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