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Taught/practised on:
THE CASHMERE SHAWL
(S8x32)
Iain Boyd Strathtay Album
1- 8
1s
turn
RH
&
cast
down
2
places,
cross
LH
&
cast
up
to
2
nd
place
opposite sides
9-16
1s
turn
RH,
turn
1
st
corners
LH,
turn
2
nd
corners
RH,
turn
partner
LH
to face 1
st
corners
17-24
1s
½
diagonal
reel
of
4
with
1
st
corners
&
½
diagonal
reel
with
2
nd
corners, 3s+1s+2s all end on opposite sides
25-32
1s
change
places
RH
with
person
diagonally
to
right,
new
centre
couple
LH
with
person
diagonally
left,
new
centre
couple
RH
diagonally right, all cross back LH
Dance note: Alternating Right and Left hands throughout (for 1
st
couple)
Cashmere
fibre
is
obtained
from
the
Kashmir
goat.
These
goats
produce
a
double
fleece
consisting
of
fine
soft
underdown
and
a
straighter,
much
coarser
outer
coating
of
hair
called
guard
hair.
Cashmere
goats
live
predominantly
in
the
high
plateaus
of
Asia
though
today
little
is
supplied
by
the
Kashmir
State
of
India
from
which its name is derived. The domesticated goats are called pashmina and have a lesser quality fleece.
Cashmere
was
known
to
the
Romans
who
had
trading
contacts
with
India
and
central
Asia
but
after
the
fall
of
the
Roman
Empire,
knowledge
of
cashmere
was
lost
to
the
west
until
the
mid
17th
century.
Cashmere
shawls
were
being
woven
in
Kashmir
in
the
11th
century.
The
earliest
written
account
of
pashmina
shawls
is
a
15th
century
Kashmiri
text
but
the
cashmere
shawl
of
today
had
its
origins,
also
in
the
15th
century,
when
weaving
of
tapestry
shawls
was
first
introduced
from
Turkistan
by
the
ruler
of
Kashmir.
The
word
‘shawl’
derives
from
the
Persian
‘shaal’ which originally denoted a class of woven fabric rather than an article of dress.
