Pashmina Scarf – 30x150cm – 70% Cashmere/30% Silk – Fig

Fig sits between plum and dark chocolate, the colour of a fully ripe fig’s skin. The silk in the cloth gives it a low glow, so the purple shows at the folds and the brown in the shadows. This plum pashmina scarf looks dramatic with charcoal or black and softer with grey and cream, and gold earrings pick out its warmth at a concert or dinner out.

Cut to our small size, 30 × 150 cm, it wraps twice round the neck without bulk. Our weavers in Nepal use a yarn spun 2-ply and 28-count from 70% cashmere and 30% silk, and that share of silk gives a slightly tighter, stronger cloth than pure cashmere. The tassels are twisted by hand, and it can be machine washed once you have checked our washing notes.

Cath called Fig a “Beautiful colour just exactly as shown, soft and warm”. Deep plums are hard to judge on screen, and a buyer of our Very Berry found hers “an exact match with the swatch book”, so order the swatchbook first if the shade matters. Two reviewers found the cloth thinner than expected; the Fig large scarf and stole give more warmth.