Swish, squeeze and shave: how to care for delicate cashmere

Like merino wool or other animal hair fibres, cashmere has a waxy coating and doesn’t need to be laundered frequently. Photograph: Pitofotos/Alamy

Cashmere is one of the only things about winter I like. I will always take sunshine, heat and slow afternoons over brisk mornings and dark skies.

But, from a charcoal turtleneck I’ve worn so much one of the elbows is wearing thin, to a cream scarf that is still beautiful despite a few moth holes, my favourite cashmere garments make winter more bearable.