THE COLLECTION, PROCESS AND FINISH

The production and finish of our cashmere Travelwraps is something we are very passionate about here at The Travelwrap Company. There are many stages involved in the production of our beautiful knitted cashmere wraps from collection of the cashmere through to the final wash of the finished Travelwrap in Scottish water. Below we have detailed just a few.

COLLECTION

Our Cashmere comes from the Cashmere (Kashmir) or Down goat (Capra hircus laniger) which lives in the high plateaus of Asia. The fine, soft undercoat or underlayer of hair fibres are removed by hand with a coarse comb during a several week period in the Spring.

SORTING

Hand sorting to remove the coarse hair then takes place. After sorting, the fibre is washed to remove dirt, grease and any vegetable matter gathered in the collection process.

DEHAIRING

The coarse hairs and down hairs are then separated by a mechanical process known as dehairing. This step removes vegetable matter and the coarse outer guard hair. At the end of this process, the finest longest fibres of cashmere are ready to be dyed and spun into yarns for weaving or knitting.

PROCESS

The cashmere yarn then undergoes a number of processes including: dying, teasing, blending and carding before it is spun and then knitted on specialised machines and checked and finished by hand.

FINISH

The Travelwrap is then washed and milled using soft local Highland water. This removes impurities and oils to create the characteristic soft and downy cashmere touch.

Travelwraps are then folded and stored, ready to be distributed to our customers.