Pashmeena shawl

 Shri Nathji was very forn of Pashmeena shawls. He had a beautiful white Pashmeena shawl, which he had kept for years. It had been first purchased during the days of Mahamateshwari. Shri Nathji threw it across his knees during satsang time, and often wrapped it around his shoulders while sitting in bed during the winters.
 Over the years numerous spots had developed on it where Shri Nathji had inadvertently dropped food.

It was rarely washed or dry-cleaned because of its sheer length.
 Shri Nathji always had a high word for the material known as “Pashmeena” and used to tell Priya Nath:
 “Pashmeena shawls have the warmth of a heater and are ideal for the winter. It is said that the texture of this material is so soft that an entire shawl can be drawn through the hole of a finger-ring!”
 Shri Nathji’s white Pashmeena shawl is now almost in tatters, as age and worms have eaten parts of it.
 Shri Nathji is very fond of this shawl, which is an old companion, and he asks Mangla to stitch it and sew it wherever possible–and is delighted later to wear the patched up shawl.

Pasmeena Shalwls are made of the cashmere wool of the Changthangi cashmere goat. Goats used for pashmina shed their winter coat every spring. This undercoat is collected by combing the goat, not by shearing, as in other fine wools. After collection of wool all steps, from combing (removing impurities and guard hair, and aligning fibers) and spinning, to weaving and finishing, are traditionally carried out by hand by specialized craftsmen and women. The major center of pashmina fabric production is in the old district of the city of Srinagar.
  Pasmeena Shalwls were and are still very popular in Europe and are always praised in India and and abroad for there warmth.  A craze for pashmina shawls, in the mid-1990s resulted in high demand for the raw material, so demand exceeded supply. When these shawls rose into fashion prominence during the era, they were marketed dubiously. In the consumer markets, pashmina shawls have been redefined as a shawl/wrap with cashmere and cashmere/silk, notwithstanding the actual meaning of pashmina. Some shawls marketed as pashmina shawls contain (sheep) wool,[6] while other unscrupulous companies marketed artificial fabrics such as viscose and others as "pashmina" with deceptive marketing statements such as "authentic viscose pashmina".