Cashmere yarn is knitting yarn made from cashmere material. While, there are also many other material knitting yarn like cotton, wool or mohair.

Cashmere is called soft gold or diamond fiber which has better warm keeping property and lighter than wool. Cashmere fiber price is much higher than normal wool fiber so cashmere yarn is much higher than wool yarn in price. The warm keeping property of cashmere sweater is 3 times higher than that of wool sweater. Therefore cashmere sweater is becoming more and more popular in recent years as people’s living condition is improving.

Cashmere fiber is short and less in strength. The fiber scale is thin and closely attached. Its fiber is smoother and has smaller attaching strength than others. But it is soft and smooth in hand feel. It has higher curly degree up to 300% while there is only 160% that of wool. therefore the warm keeping ability is better than that of wool. Cashmere has better moisture absorbing ability than that of wool. The production amount of cashmere is 1% of that of wool and over ten times higher in price. Because cashmere is thinner than wool it pills easily than wool sweater. The strength of cashmere fiber is weaker than that of wool so much attention should be paid when wearing. And cashmere knitwear should be cleaned and put away properly.