Cashmere
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Grown on spoiled goats in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana. The fiber is combed and washed by us, dehaired by Zeilinger. We are currently growing a crop of dark, champagne and a slightly gold-red. In stock we still have some dark in 1 oz bags.
The dark overdyes beautifully and of course the lighter colors dye as if they were white.
I spin it with a high twist and slow uptake on my Louet 90.
Dark cashmere overdyes very well, giving a heathery look.
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Cashmere Samples
About Cashmere Goats
Cashmere is the undercoat of these goats and each goat produces a couple of ounces a year. Expensive stuff!
Most cashmere in the world market comes from China/Mongolia where the goats are kept as semi domestic stock. No complaints about herdsmen making a living herding goats; but Amy’s goats are living at the foot of the Bitterroot Mountains on untreated pasture and don’t starve when there is a drought. They are lucky members of the cashmere producing world, and we are fortunate to have them.
August 20th, 2005