Cashmere Blend 30%

Cashmere 30% / merino 70% by weight. Softer than merino, tougher than pure cashmere.

USD 168

Fibre diameter: 17.4 μm
Ply: 2
Yarn count: 2/28 Nm
Knit gauge: 12 gg

Composizione / Composition

Lana merino / Merino wool70%
Cashmere / Cashmere30%

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.

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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 percentage is in the name for a reason

Cashmere blend 30

What it gives you: Cashmere hand at two thirds the price
What it costs you: Still delicate, still hand-wash territory

Compare it against the other yarns

Thirty percent cashmere, seventy percent merino, by weight. A garment sold as a cashmere blend without a number could be three percent cashmere and would be describing itself accurately.

The merino carries the abrasion, the cashmere carries the hand. It is the most sensible piece in this line and the least exciting.

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 3 after 2,000 rubs (Martindale, ISO 12945-2). At 30% cashmere this is inherent to the fibre and not a fault.
Will it itch?Itch: Mean fibre diameter 17.4 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

5 is unchanged, 1 is heavily pilled.

Test method

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

Mean fibre diameter 17.4 μm. Where that sits against every other yarn.

Care

The conditions, not the icons.

Wool cycle, 30 °C maximum, dry flat. Hand wash if you can.

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

Who pays when a sweater is felted

Maximum wash temperature: 30 °CAbove this the fibre felts, and felting is permanent.
Machine wool cycle: AllowedA true wool programme: low agitation, slow spin.
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.