Silk is one of the worlds most natural proteins that gets woven into textiles. It’s natural production methods means that there is nothing of its kind available. You have probably heard of the different types of silk such as charmeuse, chiffon, mulberry, tassar and mugga. So, what is the difference between them?
At Jasmine Silk, we only use the highest quality mulberry silk with the best possible momme thread count. We make our silk in the Hangzhou region, where we are fortunate that it is a place rich of mulberry trees, helping silkworms high-quality silk with a high thread count. This is used to create your finest mulberry silk bedding amongst other products.
We source all of our silk from China, as this is the home of silk. The country produces around half of the silk made worldwide.
Read our post on how is silk made?
About our Silk
See below for more information regarding our silk and the little about the terminology:
- Mulberry Silk – All of our bed linen is made from the highest quality silk you can purchase. It is made from silkworms that are raised in captivity under exacting conditions and fed exclusively on mulberry leaves. It is also the most expensive type of silk.
- Long Fibre Silk – (Sometimes also called ‘Long Staple Silk’) This is stronger and smoother than short fibre silk and used in our duvets.
- Silk Momme – This is the unit used to grade silk quality, and the higher the weight the better the quality. Anything above 16 momme is considered very high quality. 19 Momme silk is the smoothest, creamiest, and shiniest type of silk.
- Charmeuse Silk – This describes a type of satin-finish silk which is exceptionally smooth with a delicate sheen. It has superb drape and is the best silk for sheets, pillowcases and duvet covers.
The moment you feel mulberry silk is the moment you will never look back. Try our silk bedding for yourself!
