Chianti Cashmere Company

The production of a finished Cashmere article is as complicated as it is difficult. On our farm we harvest the fiber by hand-combing in the spring, to ensure that it is clean and undamaged. Each Goat is combed several times to collect the whole fleece, which is then tested for quality (i.e. length and diameter of the fiber). The next step is dehairing (separation of the fine undercoat from the coarser ‘guard hair’), and finally, spinning of the dehaired fiber into yarn. It has taken several years to find weavers who can work with the fine, fragile cashmere yarn. Today we use only handlooms, some of them dating from as far back as the 18th century, and the process of preparing the loom, the actual weaving, as well as hand-finishing, takes several hours per piece.
The result being  made-for-a-lifetime: scarves, shawls, blankets and throws that are as beautiful as they are unique..