Wedding Ring Shawl

Since the conquest of India by the British, and their discovery of Kashmir shawls, shawl, known since ancient times, had a unique development in Europe, and since the 18th century.

What captivated audiences on these shawls, was the extraordinary softness of the fabric, combined with exceptional delicacy given by the Tibetan goat down with which they are made.

qualities of the goat of Tibet from the extreme conditions in which it is produced, but its finesse, with less than 13 microns is three to four times finer than human hair.

A quality fabric is closely dependent on the fiber it represents.
So thank you to the delicacy of goat down, rags Kashmir are highly insulating, very soft to the touch, and with a legendary delicacy.

What differentiates Orenburg Shawls?

Good question :-)
Tibet is situated on the Himalayas, like the entire mountain, has two sides: the south side overlooking India and especially in Kashmir, where the north side overlooking Kyrgyzstan, a province of Russia, near the city of Orenburg.
The two products of the same goat down.

There is however an important difference between the two products: Orenburg shawls are knitted, while the shawls are woven in Kashmir. Knitting gives a larger filling, which makes the Orenburg shawls even a touch softer.

There are actually two techniques for Orenburg shawls: The most common is the knitting needles in hand in the traditional way, or with specialized machines that still leaves a great deal of manual labor, or the exceptional method of fork ", which allows a larger mesh size, gives the shawls very light texture.

It's the "fork" method of making the spider web "of" type of shawls, which are the best designed and most vulnerable, while maintaining an incredible ability to protect against the cold.

The swelling is made legendary contributions in the famous test that is to get a Orenburg shawl through a wedding ring, which seems unlikely a priori.

It's like the joke elephant in a refrigerator: we can not believe it.
But whenever the master trick works, and the shawl move the ring without any problem.

To add the finishing touch, the Orenburg shawls incorporate a large proportion of the silk, which gives them shine and further improve their aesthetic qualities.

Where is it possible to find Orenburg Shawls?

Without being able to find them near you, which is rare, a simple Internet search will indeed allow you to discover some nice specialty stores where you can find all probably wanted your Orenburg Shawls.