Fitness article: The magic of Orenburg Shawls

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Since antique, shawls are knowned, with references even in the Bible, but the recent Shawls story came from the English's Kashmir discovery in the 18th century.

What enthralled all public about these shawls, was the extraordinary softness of the cloth, alloyed with an exceptional delicacy given by the Tibet goat's down with which they are made.

The goat's down has outstanding qualities because of the delicacy of the fiber (3 to 4 times lower in the thickness of a hair, so less than 13 microns), and the necessary extreme conditions for its production (Himalayan winter).

This extreme delicacy and these naturally insulating qualities allow to create extremely fine, nonetheless very insulating cloths, and with a very pleasing softness touch.

And what about Orenburg Shawls?

The link is the Tibet goat's down, which in the South of the Himalayas allows the Kashmir production, and in the north feed Kirghizstan, a Russia province, which feeds the city of Orenbourg.

The manufacture technique is what most differentiates the Orenburg Shawls from those of the Kashmir.
The knitting of the Orenburg Shawls allows to get a filling that doesn't allow the weaving of the Kashmir shawls, which makes them even softer and nicer.

Orenburg Shawls are produced with two different techniques.
One is to use classical needles, which gives an already very nice quality, and the second is to use a kind of "Forks".
This more sophisticated technology gives much wider stitches and so, allows a much bigger freedom to the workers creativity.

Thanks to the use of forks, we get filling shawls which are even more sumptuous, with esthetic motives without other limits than their creators imagination, while keeping an exceptional insulating power.

This legendary swelling is put to contribution in the famous test which consists to get an Orenburg Shawl through a wedding ring, which seems difficult a priori.

It is as the elephant joke in a fridge: we can't believe it.
But every time the master trick works, and the shawl go through the ring without any problem.

A last improvement brought in the Orenburg Shawls, was to incorporate there a good silk quantity, which gives them a very bright luxurious aspect.

Where is it possible to find Orenburg Shawls?

To find a Shawl of Orenbourg is not always an easy thing, because these shawls being produced in small quantities, they aren't found everywhere.
Fortunately, thanks to Internet and to search engines, it is possible today to find specialized online stores, sometimes located in the world other side.
It's the web magic!

About the author of The magic of Orenburg Shawls

In the boutique orenburg shawls you will find a wide range of very nice Orenburg Shawls chosen for their beauty and their softness. See also chales d'orenbourg and châles d'orenbourg