The Pashmina wool comes from the Capra Hircus (Chagra) goat found in the highest altitudes of the Himalayan mountains of Ladakh. Fine craftsmanship makes the Pashmina expensive. Kashmir has a great history of creating pashmina masterpieces. These shawls are woven by hand and then embroidered by the fine needle known as SOZNI work. This type of work on a pashmina makes it unique and luxurious as the process can go more than a year to complete a shawl. The original Pashmina shawl comes from Kashmir because the process from the beginning to the end is done by hand only. People in the valley are experts to deal with a fine and delicate material on a loom as it breaks easily while weaving. That’s the only reason that the shawls made of Pashmina wool are a bit expensive.`