2006-11-26 14:49:56 · 3 answers · asked by surfmerrick24 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
The Cashmere (Kashmir) or down goat is the source of the wool that becomes cashmere fibre for clothing and other textile articles. The goat (Capra hircus Laniger) is a mammal belonging to the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae. The goats produce a double fleece consisting of the fine, soft undercoat or underdown of hair commingled with a straighter and much coarser outer coating of hair called guard hair. In order for the fine underwool to be classified and used as cashmere it must be de-haired. De-hairing is a mechanical process that separates the coarse hairs from the fine hair and after de-hairing the resulting "cashmere" is ready to be dyed to colour and converted into yarn, fabrics and garments.
2006-11-26 14:52:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Cashmere (Kashmir) or down goat is from the fine, soft undercoat or underlayer of hair. The straighter and coarser outer coat is called guard hair.
Generally sources are from the high plateaus of Asia.
Significant supplier countries are: China, Mongolia and Tibet. Today, little is supplied by the Kashmir Province India, from which its name is derived. The cashmere products of this area first attracted the attention of Europeans in the early 1800s.
2006-11-26 14:53:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cashmere is a type of wool from the cashmere goat.
2006-11-26 14:52:10 · answer #3 · answered by joruaishiteru 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a type of asian goat, coincidentally named cashmere goat..
2006-11-26 14:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by ladyjeansntee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cashmere comes from the underbelly and throat of the goats where the wool is softer
2006-11-26 14:52:54 · answer #5 · answered by Lynn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From a certain type of goat wool.
2006-11-26 14:57:17 · answer #6 · answered by suz' 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wool
2006-11-26 14:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
made from mere cash
2006-11-26 14:53:16 · answer #8 · answered by tesla 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋