A Woven Life written by Jenny Housego and Maya Mirchandani A moving memoir, of a journey across countries, detailing her idyllic childhood and adventurous life as a historian, entrepreneur, and collector. From the founder of Kashmir Loom, comes this fascinating story of remarkable achievements.

Like an impressionist painting, Kani weave shawls are beautiful recreations of nature inspired designs using a very fine twill tapestry technique, and it can take several years to produce just one piece. Our collection of Kani weave shawl designs are careful re-creations of some of the glorious designs of the past. 

Pashmina locally known as Lena Cashmere comes from a particular type of goat called Changra that lives in the high altitude regions of Ladakh in northern India and in neighboring Tibet at a height of over 5000 meters.