Belisa - 100% Cashmere yarns

100% Cashmere - 1.5 ply lace weight 100g cone
Approximate length of yarn on the cone - 1045 yards (955m)
$72.60 per cone (less GST for international customers)

Belisa Silk and Wool Blends have been Discontinued:
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100% Silk - 1.5 ply lace weight 100g cone
Approximate length of yarn on the cone - 1045 yards (955m)
$65.45 per cone (less GST for international customers)

Cashmere wool blend - 1.5 ply lace weight 100g cone
50% cashmere / 50% wool (extra superfine merino)
Approximate length of yarn on the cone - 1045 yards (955m)
$65.45 per cone (less GST for international customers)

Gauge Guide

Single end - 9 stitches/inch or 36 stitches/10 cm on US No 0 (2 mm) needle
Two ends - 7 stitches/inch or 28 stitches/ 10 cm on US No 3 (3.25mm) needle
Three ends - 6 stitches/inch or 24 stitches/ 10cm on US No 6 (4mm) needle

Please see our Knitting Kits for the cashmere kits of baby hat, booties, cardigan, and shawl for baby, and our new scarf kit.
(You can make 2 scarves from one kit/cone).

Cashmere is a rare and luxurious natural fiber. It is not only soft and sensuous to touch, but also light and warm to wear.  No other natural fiber in the world can offer the same warmth in relation to it’s weight.  Cashmere goats are shorn once a year.  A goat takes between four to six years to grow enough cashmere to make one average sweater.  Australian cashmere is unique - a lustre, length and strength that becomes softer the longer you enjoy wearing it.

This yarn is lubricated for use in knitting machines so that static doesn't build up. The lubricant also protects the fibres while you're hand knitting. With the first wash, the lubricant washes out and the stitches will reset and adjust slightly. Once they have adjusted with the lubricant removed they won't readjust again. The amount of adjustment to the size will very from knitter to knitter, and will also depend on the pattern stitch you are using so it's very important to knit a sample swatch and measure it both before and after washing. There is no set amount of shrinkage (or stretching) but whatever happens to your swatch should be what happens to your knitted garment.  You should also make sure you wash your garment the same way you wash your swatch

For a thicker yarn, the recommendation from Belisa is to knit 2 or 3 ends together.  As a rough guide for an average sweater, you would need approximately 200g (2 cones) for knitting a single, 400-500g (4 to 5 cones) for knitting 2 ends together, or 600-700g (6 to 7 cones) for knitting 3 ends together.