It is the size and weight of a playing card, but the back is blank and it was alone at the bottom of a tattered box in the basement of an old farmhouse.
I wonder where it came from and how old it might be. At any rate, it got me thinking.
Does this gal wear cashmere ? And why wouldn't she? It's warm, light, soft and oh, so elegant.
It got me thinking about where cashmere comes from- it is not from sheep as most think... but from some smart and very special goats. (of course, just like those who wear cashmere...)
Lesley of Devon Fibres ( http://devonfinefibres.wordpress.com) says: "Cashmere goats are a type, not a breed. All goats apart from Angoras, produce two layers of coat. The top coat is stiff guard hair and the undercoat, which grows seasonally during the late summer and autumn and moults in the spring, is much finer and in SOME goats, may be fine enough to be called cashmere."
I know little or nothing about goats but here is what Devon Fibres says that their goats are:
“Hill sheep with brains! - Intelligence personified and incredibly proud and aloof. They will not give their allegiance/trust lightly to you and the flock always comes first. ... Tough and independent but not in the slightest bit aggressive. "
Just like I view cowgirls who appreciate and wear cashmere.
