Silk Sheets Do You Know What To Look For?
In recent years silk sheets and bedding sets have grown in popularity and are more commonplace on the shelves of retailers than ever before. This is mostly due to advances in bedding manufacturing techniques borrowed largely from the modern cotton and polyester trade.
With more and more retailers stocking silk bedding sets alongside the more traditional cotton and polyester sets, we have noticed some wildly varying pricing schemes. Some silk bedding sets can be the price of others, but yet they look almost identical. So how do we know we are getting a good deal or purchasing inferior silk that wont last?
There are three main things to look for in a silk bedding set. They are:
1. 100% mulberry silk Mulberry silk is made up of one continuous strand of silk and is the best possible silk for bedding. Many bedding sets are made up of Tussah or wild silk. This silk is not continuous, but rather made up of broken strands of silk. Only 100% mulberry silk can offer the continued durability and uniformity required in a silk bedding set.
2. Momme weight Momme is the measurement used to weigh silk. The higher...