Herringbone Weave Pashmina – 100% Cashmere – 60x190cm – Open Fringe – Royal Purple

Royal Purple is an intense blue-violet, and as a purple pashmina in herringbone it gains a fine woven texture: the tight zigzag runs across the cloth and softens the impact of such a saturated colour. That makes it as wearable over a man’s charcoal overcoat as with a black dress.

The cloth is 100% cashmere, woven from a 3-ply, 28-count yarn in a herringbone that sets the threads close together, so it is a thicker, denser pashmina than our lighter weights. Instead of tassels it has an open fringe. At 60 × 190 cm it is narrower than a stole: doubled and pulled through its own loop it sits neatly at the neck, and opened out it wraps the shoulders and upper body. Handmade in Nepal.

One buyer of this colour liked it but wanted something “larger and non herring bone weave”; if that is you, our 100% cashmere pashmina shawl at 90 × 200 cm also comes in purple shades. Others love the herringbone itself. Amanda found it “a beautiful pashmina with a characterful weave”, though she noticed a slight goaty smell at first, and another buyer returned hers over a strong smell.