Pashmina Shawl – 90x200cm – 70% Cashmere / 30% Silk – Mosstone

Mosstone is a green for people who usually avoid green. This moss green pashmina shawl is muted and earthy, with a grey-yellow cast, and the faint lustre of the silk draws out its warmth, a little like light on lichen. It sits naturally with tweed, brown leather and cream knitwear; a black coat sharpens it.

Woven in Nepal, the cloth is 70% cashmere to 30% silk, the two twisted together into a 2-ply yarn at a 28 count. Our cashmere is sourced from Inner Mongolia, and we test random samples regularly so the quality stays consistent. As a full 90 × 200 cm shawl, it wraps the whole back on an autumn walk and doubles through the loop as a generous scarf; its tassels are twisted by hand.

Buyers of other shades write about softness, sheen and true colour. Lyn, who chose Paloma, found it “soft, light and very cosy”; a buyer of our Grape Leaf shawl wrote “The quality is divine and the colour spot on”; and Sarah, writing about Woodbine, mentioned a “lovely sheen”. A couple found their shade not quite as expected, so to match tweed or a particular coat, order the swatchbook first.