Cashmere knitwear especially those made from 100% cashmere yarn is a kind of precious and luxury garment in all kind of natural fiber clothes. Cashmere is soft, comfortable and healthy to human body. Therefore cashmere is widely used in high end fashion design.
As cashmere garment is very luxury it is also very delicate which need your special care to make it remain good shape.
First, let us learn about how to wash cashmere garment.
It is better to wash cashmere with professional cashmere detergent (some brands would provide free cashmere detergent when you purchase cashmere garment), or if not you can also use neutral shampoo instead. First, put some detergent in water no more than 35 ℃ and soak cashmere sweater for about 10 minutes. Second, squeeze the sweater gently not rub it vigorously to avoid it felting. If some part like the collar or cuff is very ditty you can put the detergent on it and then make clearance. Third, rinse the garment in clear water several times. Forth, put the garment in water with softener and sock for about 5 minutes. Then put it in special cloth bag and dewater it in washing machine. Lastly flat dry it in the air and avoid hanging and explore directly in sunshine.
Besides to clean cashmere garment in right way, Cashmere garment is made from natural animal fiber which need rest after two or three days’ wearing. So you need to have several different cashmere sweaters to change and to have the fiber to recover from fatigue.
Natural fiber clothes would get pilling sometimes, so does cashmere garmnet. Do not tear or pull the pills, you can just cut it out with scissor.
When the season alters and you need to put away your cashmere garment, you should also pay attention to the insect and moisture prevention in storage.
A cashmere garment it can be worn for years in good shape and condition if cared in right way. It worth your time and efforts.