Cashmere Crew 2-Ply

100% cashmere, two plies, 15.5 μm. Everything else in this line is compared to it.

USD 228

Fibre diameter: 15.5 μm
Ply: 2
Yarn count: 2/26 Nm
Knit gauge: 12 gg

Composizione / Composition

Cashmere / Cashmere100%

Where it comes from

Yarn spun in China from Inner Mongolian cashmere

Knitted and made up in China

Origin is stated per batch and repeated on the label sewn into the piece.

Size — measurements are in the table below

Model is 183 cm and wears size M.

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Price in US dollars (USD). Free standard shipping over USD 149, otherwise USD 12.

14 days to withdraw from delivery, no reason needed. How to do it.

Covered by the 2-year legal guarantee of conformity, claimed from us. What that covers.

Contains animal fibre. If you have an allergy to wool or animal hair, do not buy this piece.

The reference cashmere

Cashmere

What it gives you: Softest and warmest
What it costs you: Wears out first, hand wash only

Compare it against the other yarns

One hundred percent cashmere by weight — not a blend, and the page would say so if it were.

It is the softest and warmest thing we sell and the first thing to wear through. Those are the same property looked at from two sides: the fibre is very fine.

Four rows, on every wool piece we sell

What this yarn will do that you did not ask for.

A piece with any of these four rows missing cannot be listed. That rule is enforced in the build, not left to whoever writes the copy.

Will it pill?Pilling: It will pill, and cashmere pills more than any wool here. The fibre is short and fine, so ends work loose. We grade this yarn 2–3 after 2,000 rubs (Martindale, ISO 12945-2). At 100% cashmere this is inherent to the fibre and not a fault.
Will it itch?Itch: Mean fibre diameter 15.5 μm. This is the finest fibre on the site and almost nobody registers it against skin. Fineness is also why it abrades faster than coarser wool.
What if I wash it wrong?Felting: Cashmere felts fast. Hand wash at 30 °C maximum in still water, no wringing, dried flat. A warm machine wash will mat this into a smaller, harder garment and that damage is permanent and not a defect.
Will moths eat it?Moths: Moths prefer fine animal fibre, and cashmere is the finest here. Store it clean and sealed, and check it mid-season. A single moth larva can put four holes in one sleeve.

Pilling grade

2–3

5 is unchanged, 1 is heavily pilled.

Test method

Martindale abrasion, 2,000 rubs, assessed to ISO 12945-2

Mean fibre diameter 15.5 μm. Where that sits against every other yarn.

Care

The conditions, not the icons.

Hand wash only, 30 °C maximum, still water, no wringing. Dry flat.

washing it hotter than this is not covered — and here is exactly why

Who pays when a sweater is felted

Maximum wash temperature: 30 °CHand wash only. A machine will agitate this into felt.
Machine wool cycle: Not allowedWash it by hand in still water instead.
Drying: Dry flatHanging a wet shaped knit stretches the body and the shoulders.
Tumble dryer: NeverHeat plus tumbling is the fastest way to felt a wool garment.
Iron: 110 °C maximumPress and lift. Sliding an iron across knitting flattens the stitch.

Care symbols: wool cycle at 30 degrees, do not tumble dry, dry flat, iron at 110 degrees maximum

Measured, every size

Centimetres, taken flat, after washing.

These are garment measurements, not body measurements. Lay a piece you already like on a table, measure it the same way, and compare. There is no one-size option on this site.

The model is 183 cm tall and wears size M.