Comments on: Pashminas: Fire Drill http://shesshoppingnow.com/pashminas-fire-drill/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Seth Sicroff http://shesshoppingnow.com/pashminas-fire-drill/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Seth Sicroff Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:15:07 +0000 http://shesshoppingnow.com/?p=1399#comment-326 Avoiding acrylic is easy. Trying to avoid yarn adulterated with sheep wool is hard. The Chinese, and probably the Indians too, are perfecting descaling techniques that help merino sheep pass as Capra hircus laniger. Unless you are a trained technician, your best bet is to choose a reliable pashmina purveyor. Big names are no guarantee at all. In fact, most of the heavy volume retailers resort to machine loomers, as they cannot get reliable supplies of hand-woven stuff. (Buying a machine-loomed pashmina shawl is like buying an "oriental carpet" from a Belgian factory... cheap, but karmicly deficient. Sunrise Pashmina has the best pashminas, best service, and most information about choosing, wearing, and caring for your shawl. If you cite "ShesShopping10" in the Ordering Instructions box at checkout, we'll discount your order 10%. Seth Sicroff Manager of Internet Sales Sunrise Pashmina www.sunrise-pashmina.com 607 256 0102 info@sunrise-pashmina.com Avoiding acrylic is easy. Trying to avoid yarn adulterated with sheep wool is hard. The Chinese, and probably the Indians too, are perfecting descaling techniques that help merino sheep pass as Capra hircus laniger. Unless you are a trained technician, your best bet is to choose a reliable pashmina purveyor. Big names are no guarantee at all. In fact, most of the heavy volume retailers resort to machine loomers, as they cannot get reliable supplies of hand-woven stuff. (Buying a machine-loomed pashmina shawl is like buying an “oriental carpet” from a Belgian factory… cheap, but karmicly deficient.

Sunrise Pashmina has the best pashminas, best service, and most information about choosing, wearing, and caring for your shawl.

If you cite “ShesShopping10″ in the Ordering Instructions box at checkout, we’ll discount your order 10%.

Seth Sicroff
Manager of Internet Sales
Sunrise Pashmina
http://www.sunrise-pashmina.com
607 256 0102
info@sunrise-pashmina.com

]]> By: Moi http://shesshoppingnow.com/pashminas-fire-drill/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Moi Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:12:06 +0000 http://shesshoppingnow.com/?p=1399#comment-310 Interestingly if you are buying inexpensive jewelry, ie carved stone, they also whip out matches and hold them to the stone to prove they're not plastic: plastic would melt! Interestingly if you are buying inexpensive jewelry, ie carved stone, they also whip out matches and hold them to the stone to prove they’re not plastic: plastic would melt!

]]> By: Lady Lotus http://shesshoppingnow.com/pashminas-fire-drill/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Lady Lotus Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:10:25 +0000 http://shesshoppingnow.com/?p=1399#comment-306 The last line of this blog cracked me up. You are a true writing wit! The last line of this blog cracked me up. You are a true writing wit!

]]> By: The Antiques Diva http://shesshoppingnow.com/pashminas-fire-drill/comment-page-1/#comment-296 The Antiques Diva Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:07:39 +0000 http://shesshoppingnow.com/?p=1399#comment-296 What an excellent tip - and so smart to include the warning regarding Macy's! Can't wait to read more about your travels. Toma What an excellent tip – and so smart to include the warning regarding Macy’s!
Can’t wait to read more about your travels.
Toma

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