kashmiri shawl

kashmiri shawl

A shawl is a simple item of clothing for women which they loosely worn over the shoulders and arms.sometime women take shawl over the head .It is usually a rectangular or square piece of cloth, that is often folded to make a triangle but can also be triangular in shape.in a past time the shawls were mostly have The Chenar leaf , apple and cherry blossoms,embroidery the rose and tulip, the almond and pear, the nightingale?these are done in deep mellow tones of maroon, dark red, gold yellow and browns,but nowadays there many types of embroidery on the kashmiri shawl.

These shawls are made of different wools and materials like The most expensive shawls, called Shatoosh, are made from the beard hairs of the wild ibex and some are made of the wild yak hears . Kashmiri shawls were high-fashion garments in Western Europe from a long time .Shawls are used in order to keep warm, to complement a costume. The Kashmir shawl that evolved from a local expertise had greater fame than any other Indian textile.today the best and expensive kashmiri shawls are made of Pashm or Pashmina, which is the wool of Capra hircus, a species of the wild Asian mountain goat so it is called as pashmina. the interesting thing about the pashmina shawl is that the shawl can be pass through the finger ring.

The fine fleece used for the shawls is that which grows under the rough, woolly, outer coat of the animal; that from the under-belly.today there are lots of designs and material to make kashmiri shawls but pashmina and Shatoosh is very famous because of their hands embroidery and materials used to make these two shawls .Shawls are used not only for fashion but in order to keep warm also .