BY: THE SPACE CADETS
OCTOBER 30, 2008
Cashmere
By Keaton Mohney, Easton Renwick, and Jenny Spencer
Cashmere by “the purl bee” Cashmere is collected in the is raked through the fleece. The spring moulting season when the collected fiber then has a higher goats naturally shed their winter yield of pure cashmere after the coat. In the Northern Hemisphere fiber has been washed and the goats moult over a period dehaired. The long coarse hair is beginning as early as March and as then typically clipped from the late as May. In some regions, the animal and is often used for mixed mass of down and coarse brushes, interlinings, and other hair is removed by hand with a non-apparel uses. China is the coarse comb that pulls the tufts of largest producer of raw cashmere fiber from the animal as the comb throughout the entire world.
The U.S. Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 defines cashmere as fine undercoat fibers produced by a cashmere goat The average diameter of the fibers doesn’t even exceed 19 microns. Cashmere is characterized by its so# fibers. It is known for providing a natural light-weight insulation without bulk. The fibers are highly adaptable and are easily constructed into fine or thick yarns, and into light to heavy-weight fabrics. The original fabrics that are undyed are various shades of grey, brown, and white. This cashmere comes &om the cashmere goat. Wool fiber for clothing and other textile articles is obtained &om this animal. The goats produce a double fleece consisting of the fine, so( undercoat or under down of hair mingled with a straighter and much coarser outer coating of hair ca)ed the guard hair. In order for the fine under down hair to be sold and processed further, it must first be de-haired. This is a mechanical process that separates the coarse hair &om the fine hair.
You can find this fiber in China, Asia, some parts of the United States, Mexico, and Indonesia. Cashmere can be made into many things including jumpers, hats, gloves, socks, and other clothing. It is also in coats, jackets, pants, pajamas, scarves, blankets, and other items.
processes of de-hairing, washing, carding, and is ready to spin. Virgin fiber is the new fiber that has been made into yarns, fabrics, or garments for the first time. Recycled fibers are reclaimed from scraps There are many types of fibers. Raw fiber has not or fabrics that were previously woven or felted, and which may or may not have been previously used by been processed and is essentially straight from the the consumer. animal. Processed fiber has been through the
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