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Where Does Cashmere Come From? From Grassland to Sweater
If you have ever wrapped yourself in a soft cashmere sweater and wondered where cashmere comes from, the answer begins far from any city — out on wide, windswept grasslands, with a gentle animal and a slow change of season.
Cashmere starts with the cashmere goat
Cashmere is a natural fibre that comes from cashmere goats. To survive cold mountain and plateau winters, these goats grow a fine, downy undercoat beneath their coarser outer hair. It is this soft undercoat — not the rough top layer — that becomes cashmere knitwear.
Because each goat produces only a small amount of...