But the story of pashmina weaving and its fame spreading ... harvesting some pashm wool with each stroke. The raw fibre used to be traditionally sold by weight to traders from Leh, who would ...

To trace the wool’s origin ... are endless when you work from the fibre level,” says Naidu. A distinctive feature of these garments is that they are Pashmina inside and out.

Pashmina shawls ... which is collected by combing rather than shearing, to ensure the fibres remain intact. The collected wool, known for its ultra-fine texture (measuring between 12-16 microns ...

Changthang, 170 km from Leh, is home to Changpas, who rear the Pashmina goat. What they recover for their wool is miniscule, but that does not cause the inhabitants ensconced in the highlands to ...