Cashmere

About

At LILYSILK, we want to inspire people to live a better life and more sustainable lifestyle.

Crafted with care from 100% natural premium materials, this cashmere series can warm you up, envelope you, and make you feel the right amount of cozy. It is also our goal to make your life a better experience and the planet a better place.

Why LILYSILK Cashmere?

Cashmere, The 'Soft Gold'

Cashmere fibers are harvested by combing the hairs from the goats. A mature goat produces 40g of cashmere annually. To make a cashmere knit sweater, it can take 3-5 goats.

Cashmere production is very limited; it accounts for only 0.2% of the output from animal fibers across the globe. It is often priced by grams and is considered "soft gold" due to its high quality and comfort.

Exquisite Craftsmanship

LILYSILK collects cashmere from Mongolian Mountain Goats. We spin standard grade-A yarns with 34cms diameter and length and 14-16 microns thickness. In comparison, the average width of human hair ranges between 60 and 100 microns in thickness.

Besides, our cashmere knits are long-lasting. There are 12 stitches or rows of yarn in one inch of knitted fabric, making the material relatively thick, allowing your cashmere knit to be long-lasting and in good shape.

High Quality At a Reasonable Price

We always want to offer our customers healthy and ecological products. White fibers can achieve all colors with minimal chemicals used. Our care for one another and the planet is what drives us.

At the same time, we aim to leave them satisfied with their purchases with our high-quality products at an affordable price. We have spent a long time tweaking and enhancing our products to offer the most comfortable and luxurious cashmere that can bring you the ultimate comfort and are soft enough to be worn comfortably against bare skin.

Cashmere Collection

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Cashmere Care Products Recommendation

Mesh Wash Bags For Delicates

£3.99

Multi-use Hanging Laundry Drying Basket

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FAQs

How to wash/care? plus

How to grade cashmere products? plus

GRADES	CRITERION	ADVANTAGES
GRADE A	14 to 15.5 microns thickness and 42 mm long on average	It is usually considered as the longest and thinnest and is the best in terms of quality. Cashmere products made from grade A fiber always feel the softest and last longer than the rest.
GRADE B	Up to 19 microns thick and around 34 mm long	It usually is thicker and feels less soft and delicate than grade A and also costs less.
GRADE C	Between 20-30 microns thickness and, on average are 28mm long	It is considered the lowest quality of cashmere fiber. It feels noticeably less soft and costs much less than both grades A and B.

How to choose? plus

CASHMERE QUALITY GRADE	COLOR OF THE FIBER	COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF THE FIBER
GRADE A	WHITE	CHINA AND MONGOLIA
Durability Softness Resilience	Healthy Ecological Luster	"Soft gold" The longest fibers The thinnest fibers
Grade A-fibers from Inner Mongolia are the most valuable of the fibers.	White fibers can achieve a range of colors with minor chemical handling.	Mongolian plateau areas, where temperature oscillates drastically, the goats in those areas have a more restricted diet, supplying the finest under hair found in the most luxurious garments.

How to correctly deal with the pilling of the cashmere knit? plus

Cashmere over wool? plus

Though wool and cashmere are perfect natural fabrics, cashmere has some better characteristics and is a more luxurious fabric with an elegant drape.

Softness

A cashmere yarn composed of long fibers achieves the softest feel as fewer ends are loose.

It creates a more uniform and smooth surface since it allows them to be tightly spun.

The resulted product is softer, displaying a more lustrous finishing as it facilitates light reflection.

While wool fibers are generally shorter, thicker, and have more pronounced scales. Compared with cashmere, wool is less soft. Grade A cashmere is gentle enough to be worn comfortably against bare skin.

Warmth:

Due to its natural curling feature, the cashmere fiber can effectively prevent the influx of cold air, 2-3 times of warmth than wool.

Durability:

Due to how cashmere is made and the strength of the wool, it will stand the test of time as long as it is cared for properly. Unlike other wool or knitted garments, cashmere doesn’t lose its softness or luxurious feel, making them perfect investment pieces.

Pilling:

The friction against fibers caused by normal wear of the material promotes the formation of small fiber balls. It mainly occurs when the knit is made of yarns spun using shorter or a blend of different lengths of fibers, especially those that combine natural and artificial types. Longer fibers pill less than short ones because it has less loose thread ends, needing considerable more abrasion on the fabric surface to release themselves from the yarn. Read here about de-pilling your jumper.

Resilience:

Long cashmere fibers maintain their physical integrity for a longer time, allowing garments to retain their structure. Because cashmere is naturally elastic and resilient(bounces back quickly), it has unique properties such as rapid wrinkle recovery, durability, bulk, lofty hand feel, draping capacity, and warmth. The ability for a garment to be extended or flexed repeatedly and then to recover to its original shape is a crucial factor of its appearance and comfort. Aside from promoting good extension properties, resilience ensures that you don’t feel compression (caused by shrinkage) while avoiding that the fabric stays in a stretched condition, in which case, you will no longer want to wear it.

Lightweight:

While warm, garments made from sheep’s wool are relatively heavy and can feel scratchy due to the coarseness of the thread. But it is also significantly lighter if the garment is made of high-quality, 100-percent cashmere.