The love of tradition, the essence of simplicity, the search for purity and linear naturalness, the need for authenticity; these are the underlying traits of the Hircus Filati basic collection for the coming 2014-2015 season. This part of the collection is developed through certified-quality, classic, linear yarns used to create simple yet contemporay garments. The …
Hircus Filati and Cashmere yarn
Cashmere is among the most precious and rare textile fibers, and it has extraordinary properties. It comes exclusively from the Hyrcus goat, that lives on the Asian mountains, and it’s now localized in the northern China, in Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan. The Hyrcus goat, in order to survive in very difficult climate conditions such us …
The cashmere yarn on cones you can find fulled or fulling.
First I want to point out that the so-called fulling of high quality yarn is ” water treatment ” (read here for more). Indeed to cashmere is not made a real fulling as wool yarns. The cashmere effects must not become matted as the fiber is so delicate that the yarn would ruin. The treatment …
Washing Cashmere
WASHING CASHMERE To make the most of his glory, the cashmere needs a simple washing process after execution. This requires that the sample undergoes the same process that you will make the finished garment. You can do this either by hand (for a soft but little hair on the surface) that MACHINE (you get the …