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Shopping for Silk Sheets- Weight and Thread Count

BY Allison Kelly | 05-19-2010 | 11:23 PM
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Are you ready for shopping your own silk duvet covers? Let’s
go for it!

When looking at silk bed sheets such as silk pillowcases
or quilts, thread count is important, but not as important as the
"momme" (pronounced like the word "mummy") weight. Silk is
typically measured by momme weight because it is such a fine and light fabric.
The higher the momme number on a silk bedding
sets
the heavier the fabric. If you are looking at sheets with a momme
weight of only 6-9, those sheets are not going be very durable or last long.
Silk with a momme weight of 12-19 is good for sheets.
Don't completely disregard thread count. Look for sheets that have a thread
count of at least 400 which is also a necessity for high quality of silk pillowcases.