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The
finest shawls were woven from yarn hand-dyed and hand
spun from the under-belly fleece of wild mountain goats.
This yarn is known as pashmina in Kashmir and cashmere
in the West. Kani weaving is being revived in the Vale.
The process of weaving a large shawl, often with a complex
design, is slow, specialized, laborious work, taking anything
from eighteen months to three years to complete.
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