Pashmina is a fabric or wool that is produced from a mountain goat called “Carpahircus”. It’s available in high mountain area of Upper Mongolia, Tibet and Himalayas of Nepal & India. Pashmina is also known as cashmere in European market.

Cashmere shawls have been manufactured in Nepal and Kashmir (Disputed land of India and Pakistan) for thousand years.  The qualities produced in Nepal and Kashmir is never similar, Kashmiri pashmina is bit heavy, not elegant but very soft and of classic looks where Nepali pashmina are lighter, soft and silky.

Research has shown that pashmina that is produced in Nepal are of best quality due to its natural diversity and the conditions to which the mountain goats are surviving.

Pashmina products are available in the name of 100% cashmere, pure pashmina, ring pashmina and more other names, the silk mixed pashmina which is very popular now a days are called silk pashmina, it’s defined by the percentage of its  combination of silk and pashmina as 70% pashmina & 30% Silk, 80% pashmina & 20% silk.

Pashmina prices are higher and lower depending on the quality of the thread; it’s never easy to make differences in the qualities.  In recent market the higher grade of 100 Count pure pashmina thread price is 300 USD per KG. And the 28 count pure pashmina thread price is 150 USD.  Ring pashmina shown in the website of mywholesalepashmina.com is made of 100 count thread, and the price of it is 120 USD.  From one KG thread of 100 count pashmina we are just able to make maximum 3 pieces of ring pashmina.

In world market you can also see the dubious pure pashmina and silk pashmina products which is available in 3-5 usd per piece which is mostly made in Punjab of India and China.

It’s an easy yet high standard gift for wedding. Pashmina fabrics are always in fashion so it’s not outdated. All we have to do is choosing a right supplier for wholesale pashmina and buying the appropriate quality pashmina.  If your budget is “Low, think about silk pashmina, if you have “Medium” range of budget then you can route to pure pashmina scarves.  There are many pashmina suppliers available in online and offline market, these days’ lots of groom and brides are buying the cheap viscose pashmina that is available in five to four USD each.  Peoples are selling it as the pure pashmina and silk pashmina.  Those types of scarves will lose it charm from just next day; it’s a one day product that is mainly made in China. It’ available in Nepali market at 180 Rupees which is nearly 2.5 USD. I prefer to buy other products rather than buying duplicate products.

Raj handicrafts Nepal has the silk pashmina products for the low budget wedding peoples starting at 22 USD including shipping to all over the world.  You can view the product here at wholesale pashmina (Click the link)

Pashmina from Nepal are the best in quality because of the statuses to which the mountain goats have accommodated over cs. The high Himalayas of Nepal has coarse, cold mood and in order to live that the mountain goats have developed exceptionally warm and sluttish vulcanized fiber which might be just a bit coarser than cashmere fibers prevailed from lower part laughingstocks, but it is much warmer.
Some shawls commercialized as pashmina shawls contain wool, while other unscrupulous companies commercialized the semi synthetic material VISCOSE as “pashmina” with misleading selling instructions such as “unquestionable viscose rayon pashmina. These viscose pashmina form India and China are sold at 2-5 usd in US Markets.

Those cheap pashmina shawls will be good for one time wear only, once you will wash it all the charm will disappear.

Raj handicrafts Nepal is the trader for pure wholesale pashmina products.

Pashmina qualities are judged by its thread quality, if a supplier uses higher grade of thread, the quality is high, if he uses lower grade of thread then the quality is low. When you receive the price you don’t know that the supplier is giving you the price of higher quality thread or lower quality thread, you will be only able to know it when you receive the actual product. So here we are giving you a very good offer, buy sample package from us, if you like our package you can keep them, otherwise we will give you 100% refund on the returns of our samples.

Pashmina Shawls and Pashmina scarves

The shawl and scarves are woven with a Pashmina over silk. Luxurious 100 percent pure Pashmina shawl and scarves are woven with a Pashmina over Pashmina. Shawl and scarves are found in many colors and shades. It has a various design  and prints (diamond, fishbone, bulbul, check, etc) and  can be found  in two  different sizes; full and throw sizes and stole; which can be with or with ought  twisted knot fringes. These days, Pashmina shawl is getting with custom embroidery, beaded, fringes and jacquard texture.

Cashmere pashmina Blanket

Blanket is woven on the base of silk as well as Pashmina; which is covered around head to leg.

Cashmere pashmina Sweaters

Sweater is woven with 100 percent Pashmina wool and yarn. It is produced limited scale. Pashmina sweaters are available in many color and three sizes; large, medium, small. The design are  twin set, collar neck, v neck, key hole neck, round neck, turtle neck,  and high neck etc. It is also available in two and four ply hundred percent Pashmina.

Shirting and Suiting Clothes

Shirting and Suiting clothes are woven with a Pashmina over cotton threads. These types of clothes are woven in limited scale. More precisely, they are custom made as ordered by the foreign consumers. It is the most recent specimen products of Nepalese Pashmina industries for the foreign consumers. 

Origin of Pashmina in Nepal started long back. The mountain people of Nepal depended on the fabric they had woven for warmth, for easy travel and for survival. In many high mountain areas and semi-tropical jungles, they continued to weave for their perfect protection and comfort wear. The art of weaving woolen products by hand has been practiced throughout the country and it remains popular since its rugged conditions have not changed. Due to gradual popularity and commercialization of Pashmina, there are varieties of Pashmina being offered in the market. For example: Pashmina shawls, Pashmina stoles, Pashmina scarves, Pashmina sweaters, Pashmina mufflers, and varieties of other Pashmina products. These luxurious Pashmina products are hand woven by traditional weavers whose families have been in the occupation since ages. They inherited this art from their ancestors, and tradition of Pashmina weaving continues from one generation to another generation.

Nepalese women have traditionally worn Pashmina shawls. Our ancestors have described Pashmina as sensual sublimity. They perfected the skill to retrieve Pashmina up to 95 percent purity and the skill as such was passed from generation to generation as a heritage of Nepalese handicrafts. Pashmina shawls have become a major trade item in Kathmandu Valley. The fibers are processed and woven in majority of industries established within the Kathmandu Valley.

In Nepal, Caprahircus¾a goat from which the raw Pashmina are produced¾ are found in some of the northernmost parts of Nepal especially in Mustang. In some areas, these Caprahircus goats are crossed with the local breed. This has increased their milk yield but unfortunately has adversely affected their fiber production. Even the purebred goat provides a little more than115 gm per year. The wool is soft white and gray or buff-colored down, which is found under the long and coarse outer hair. This wool is combed out during the spring. In this season, the wool is either shed naturally by hand or rubbed off by the animal itself against the rocks and shrubs, which are then collected by people.

Pashmina is the most original and authentic fibers. The king of all wools originated in Kashmir hundreds of years ago. The art of Pashmina making in the valley of Kashmir is believed to be as old as 3000 years. In the past, only rich and elite had the privilege of enjoying luxurious fabric. It adorned the court of Caesar and was the pride of French queen, Marie Antoinette. Impressed with the unparalleled looks of Kashmir shawl, Napoleon presented Pashmina to impress Josephine. Until mid-twentieth century, Kashmir’s kings had the sole right to purchase all Pashmina from Nepal, Tibet, and other higher reaches of Himalayas. This resulted in establishment of flourishing cottage industry in Kashmir and has lead to the perfection of art of Pashmina making. The making of Kashmiri Pashmina is labor intensive. On an average, it takes nearly 200 – 250 man-hours to make a single pure plain Pashmina shawl without embroidery.

Spinning: The pashmina wool is collected every spring and is basically spun by hand. The yarn is spun on a spinning wheel locally known as ‘Charkha’. Prior to spinning, the raw material is treated by stretching and cleaning it to remove any dirt and soaked for a few days in a mixture of rice and water to make it softer. Hand-spinning is an extremely painstaking task. It requires immense patience, dexterity and dedication and is amazing process to watch.

Warping : Warping is the process of rolling silk yarn horizontal on a bean. There warping is usually done according to the width of the shawl you would like to make. In a shawl whose width is about 90 cm there are about 3800 silk yarn threads.

Drafting : This is the process of inserting the silk yarn in the nylon netting to form different patterns on the shawls. There are certain ways in which this can be done as if you insert the silk yarn in the wrong way the yarn will not get locked which will ruin the shawl.

Weaving : This is the process of locking the warp(the silk yarn) with the weft(pashmina yarn). This is done with the help of a hand loom where the silk yarn is places horizontally and the pashmina is the filling. It takes about three hours to weave a shawl but more time is required after this process to finish the shawl

Mending : This is the process of mending the shawls which is weaved. In this process the shawls are checked for damage. The places where the threads are missing the weavers with the help of needle and pashmina yarn fill the spaces where the threads are missing.

Knotting : This process takes place after the shawl has been weaved. In this process the silk yarn that is left without it being weaved is tied into knots known as fringes. There are usually 90-100 fringes in a shawl whose width is about 90 cm. In each fringe there are about 30-35 silk yarns.

Crushing : This is the process of crushing the shawls in order to give the shawls a softer feeling. The shawls are usually crushed for about 10-15 minutes each. This help to bring the soft feeling to the shawls.

Washing : The shawls are washed after it is finished in order to wash away the odour and allow the shrinkage of the shawls to prevent it from damage later. It is also done to remove the stains, which it could have collected during the process of making the shawls.

Dyeing : This is the process of giving the shawl the color the customers want the shawl to have. In this process the shawls are dyed in big vessels at 100 degree Celsius. The shawls have to be constantly stirred in order to give the shawls uniform color. The temperature has to be maintained at 100 degree Celsius as if the temperature increase the shawl could shrink.

Crushing: This is the process of crushing the shawls in order to give the shawls a softer feeling. The shawls are usually crushed for about 10-15 minutes each. This help to bring the soft feeling to the shawls.

Washing: The shawls are washed after it is finished in order to wash away the odour and allow the shrinkage of the shawls to prevent it from damage later. It is also done to remove the stains, which it could have collected during the process of making the shawls.

Dyeing: This is the process of giving the shawl the color the customers want the shawl to have. In this process the shawls are dyed in big vessels at 100 degree Celsius. The shawls have to be constantly stirred in order to give the shawls uniform color. The temperature has to be maintained at 100 degree Celsius as if the temperature increase the

To distinguish Nepalese Pashmina, the Nepal Pashmina Industries Association has registered a Trademark around the world, called “Changra Pashmina“.