Materials & Craft
How a 100% Angora shawl
is actually made.
The Fibre
What Angora is. What it is not.
Angora fibre comes from the Angora rabbit — not the Angora goat (that is mohair). It is one of the finest natural fibres available, with a hollow core that creates exceptional warmth-to-weight performance.
The market for Angora in India is complicated. The fibre is expensive and difficult to process, which creates an incentive for blending — mixing Angora with wool or acrylic to reduce cost while retaining the label value.
We do not blend where we say we do not blend. Our 100% Angora products are exactly that. Verified composition. Transparent provenance.
The Process
01
Sourcing & Combing
Himalayan Angora is combed from Angora rabbits raised in the highlands above Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. Combing preserves the full fibre length and the natural halo. We source directly. No intermediary, no mystery about provenance.
02
Spinning
The combed fibre is spun into yarn at our plant. Angora spinning requires specific tension management — too tight and the halo disappears, too loose and the yarn has no structure. We have been calibrating this for decades.
03
Weaving
Our shawls and stoles are woven on traditional pit looms. Handloom weaving allows us to produce the structures that give Angora its drape — the way it falls off a shoulder, the way it holds heat without weight.
04
Finishing
After weaving, each piece is washed, hand-finished, and inspected. Finishing Angora is delicate — the wrong temperature collapses the fibre. Every shawl that leaves our plant has been through this process under human eyes.
05
Verification
Composition is verified. Not inferred. Not estimated. We maintain documentation for every lot — fibre source, composition testing, production date. Transparency is not a marketing position; it is a production discipline.
The numbers behind the material.
11–16
Micron fibre diameter
Among the finest natural fibres
7×
Warmth per weight
vs. standard wool by volume
100%
Composition
Where we say 100%, it is 100%
3 Gen
Craft lineage
Three generations of production knowledge
See the craft in the collection.
Altitude I — shawls and stoles, 100% Himalayan Angora.