What is Cashmere Yarn
Cashmere yarn is a yarn woven from cashmere called “soft gold”. Compared with woolen yarn, cashmere yarn has the characteristics of lightness, thinness and warmth, and can be worn next to the body. Cashmere is a thin layer of fine velvet that grows on the outer skin of goats and hides the roots of the goat’s coarse hair. It grows when the sunshine time decreases (autumnal equinox) to resist wind and cold, and falls off after the sunshine time increases (autumn equinox). According to the length of light, natural Adapt to the climate, it is a rare special animal fiber. Cashmere is so precious not only because of its scarcity (only 0.2% of the world’s total animal fiber output), but more importantly because of its excellent quality and characteristics. The price is priced in grams in the transaction, and it is regarded as a “fiber gem”. , “Fiber Queen”.
Features of cashmere yarn
One is slender, soft and warm. Cashmere is the thinnest kind of animal fiber. Albas cashmere has a fineness between 13um-15.5um and has a high natural crimp. It is tightly arranged in spinning and weaving, and has good cohesion, so it has good warmth retention. Cashmere fiber has small and smooth scales, and there is an air layer in the middle of the fiber, so it is light in weight and feels smooth and waxy.
The second is natural and soft color. Cashmere fiber has uniform fineness and low density, and its cross-section is mostly regular round. It has strong moisture absorption and can fully absorb dyes and is not easy to fade. Compared with other fibers, cashmere has the advantages of natural luster, softness, purity, and beauty.
The third is flexibility and elasticity. Because of its large crimp number, crimp rate, and crimp recovery rate, cashmere fiber is suitable for processing into knitwear with full hand feeling, softness and good elasticity. It is comfortable and natural to wear and has good reduction characteristics, especially after washing. Shrinkage and good shape retention.