Pashmina Wool Fibers
The Pashmina Shawls made with Golden Fibers of Cashmere Goats
Pashmina is another name for Cashmere is a downy undercoat of the Capra Hircus Laniger goats that mainly live in the Trans-Himalayan regions classified as speciality hair fibres which possess special qualities of fineness and lustre, which is used for making finest quality shawls and hijabs.
Dusting and Dehairing losses of Pashmina fibres
| Parameter | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Dusting loss | 19.39 |
| Dehairing loss | 39.80 |
| Fine Pashmina | 50.63 |
| Guard hair | 49.37 |
The effect of the method of de-hairing on the physicochemical quality of Pashmina fibres is as under:
Physical quality
| Type of fibre | Undercoat Percentage | Fineness (μ) | Mean fibre length (cms) | Linear density Tex(g.wt/km) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wt/Wt | No./ No | ||||
| Fine undercoat | 71.07μ 1.917 | 87.18μ1.571 | 13.37μ 0.0472 | 55.86μ 0.377 | 0.296μ 0.004 |
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Mechanical quality
| Characteristics | In Air | In Water | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Pashmina | Guard Hair | Fine Pashmina | Guard Hair | |
| Tex | 0.319μ0.0072 | 3.004μ0.1106 | 0.318μ0.0072 | 2.864μ0.1024 |
| Breaking Strength | 11.812 μ 0.1475 | 14.597μ 0.2596 | 10.043μ 0.1344 | 9.339μ 0.2773 |
| Breaking Extension | 34.58μ 0.3774 | 37.54μ 0.4408 | 55.93μ 0.6019 | 55.38μ 0.2773 |
Chemical Quality
| Type of fibre | Grease content (%) | Suint content (%) | Vegetable matter (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine undercoat | 5.61μ0.278 | 6.94μ0.794 | 0.54μ0.072 |
| Guard Hair | 2.37μ0.113 | 4.52μ0.427 | 0.88μ0.003 |
The yarn properties of Pashmina as reported are as under
| Theoretical count (NM) | Fineness (μ) | Metric count (Actual NM) | No. of fibres / cross section | Actual count of yarn in Tex | Instron Single Thread Test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking strength (g) | Tenacity ( g / tex) | Elongation (%) | |||||
| 132.18 | 13.51 μ 0.01 | 56.72 | 31.88 | 15.9 | 52.0 | 3.27 | 36.8 |
The fibre of Pashmina is Cashmere wool, which is manually transformed into luxury shawls and scarves. It is most luxurious, softer and warmer than superfine merino wool. The word pashmina is originated from a word ‘pashm’ means ‘soft gold’ in local language.
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