Roughest cashmere I have ever felt. Thank you for your feedback. Made from Kashmir goats, our Cashmere is renowned for it's softness, so we're really sorry to hear you feel your gloves are not living up to this description. Your comments on this are valued and will be passed to our designers. Please do feel free to return the gloves under the 'no quibbles' guarantee and we will be more than happy to process a refund for you.