WHAT IS PASHMINAS SHAWLS? HOW PASHMINA SHAWLS ARE PRODUCED IN NEPAL?

The saying shawl is determined from the Indo-Persian word shal, which implied a fine woven woolen fabric utilized as a wrap. The Italian explorer Pietro della Valle, in 1623, watched that while in Persia the scial or shawl was worn as a support, in India it was all the more normally conveyed ‘acrosss the shoulders’. The shal, shawl or do-shalla (the Hindi term for shawl) has a long history. In spite of the fact that its starting points are prevalently followed to the medieval period, archeological discoveries, aged scholarly references, and explorers’ records give plentiful confirmation of the presence of the woolen custom in India right from the Indus Civilization.

Pashmina shawls are made of afiber is called pashm or pashmina for its utilization in the carefully assembled shawls of the Himalayas. The woolen shawls made in Kashmir are said in Afghan messages between the third century BC and the eleventh century However, the organizer of the cashmere downy industry is generally held to be the fifteenth century leader of Kashmir, Zayn-ul-Abidin, who presented weavers from Central Asia.

Cashmere shawls have been made in Nepal and Kashmir for a great many years. The test for a quality pashmina is warmth and feel. Pashmina and Cashmere are inferred from mountain sheep. One unique contrast in the middle of Pashmina and Cashmere is the fiber breadth. Pashmina filaments are better and more slender than cashmere fiber, consequently, it is perfect for making light weight clothing like fine scarves. Today, in any case, the saying PASHMINA has been utilized excessively generously and numerous scarves produced using common or engineered fiber are sold as Pashmina making perplexity in the market.

how pashmina shawls are produced in Nepal?

It has been many years since Pashmina shawls are being manufactured in Nepal. Many industries are been engaged in this activities.People also say that Pashmina shawls manufactured or produced in Nepal is of high quality.There are different ways to produced pashmina shawls . Let make you clear that wool from which pashmina shawls are produced in Nepal are of Chyangra goat. Here are the process mentioned below for producing or manufacturing pashmina shawls:

1,Warping, Drafting,Looming

We import fibers or raw materials from China and India and also used fiber/wool of himalayas goats of Nepal known as Chyangra. After collecting all required materials different process is carried out i.e warping, drafting and looming .As per order received from our customers we give shape and size as per their requirement. From pictures below you know more and clear what is warping and drafting and looming is actually is;

What is pashminas shawls? how pashmina shawls are produced in Nepal?

Above picture are about how we give shape and size to pashmina products .

2Pashmina Dyeing

Dyeing is process through which pashmina shawls, scarf, and many more pashmina products are coloured . Dyeing most be carried out for reasonable period of time so pashmina products will be well coloured. Here are some pictures of our dyeing:

3,Pashmina Ironing

After dyeing pashmina products it is dried for sometime and ironing is done;

4,Mending process

Mending is a process which is carried out to fix the problem regarding different gaps in shawls or scarf and also to eliminate different unwanted threads in shawls or scarfs. This process most be carried out to provide 100% quality pashmina products.