Cashmere goats in Tibet↑
If you want to produce cashmere you will have to work at it. Get out the big hairbrush and become a goat-stylist. The softest, warmest, and lightest finds will be under the chin and on the belly. The rest of the hair is just good for paint brushes. A good week of brushing should do the trick. Have fun in the mountains!
Hand dyed 100% cashmere from Handmaiden. One skein is enough for a hat or 
a neck warmer. I made the Jacques Cousteau Hat with a skein, just recently. The hat needed to be just a”hair” shorter to accommodate the yardage. How much will depend on your tension. In my case about a half an inch. This makes very little difference on a hat with this long a brim. Or ask us at the Knit Cafe about the Devin’s Toque(pictured here), a pattern by Handmaiden made just for this yarn.
Speaking of shearing; here is something closer to straight off the sheep then we are used to seeing it. Merino hand dyed fleece from the Fleece Artist can be spun into your own yarn or used in felting projects. Needle felters can separate the colours so one bundle becomes a whole pallet. Or try this↓
A beautiful example of a Thrummed Mitten if I ever saw one. Which I have. I made a half dozen of these when I first learned how to knit. This insulated mitten originally haling from Newfoundland is fun to make especially when you have colourful thrum (a fancy term for fleece) to work with. That’s what gets my goat!
Craftily yours
Kristin
