How to measure the silk
As we go shopping for silk sheets, we always hear such a unit-momme. Maybe you are getting confused with it, and what is that?
Momme weight is a way of measuring things developed by the Japanese. Momme weight is a standard way of measuring the weight of natural silk as well as a common way to measure pearls. Momme is pronounced much like the word “mummy.”
For silk sheet sets a momme weight of 12-19 is considered good quality with silk sheets in the range of 16-19 being very high quality. Anything lower than 12 will result in silk sheets that are not as durable as they should be which means they will be more prone with damage and tearing.
To standard for measuring momme weight is by using a piece of fabric that is 100 yards long and 45 inches wide. If that piece of fabric weighs 19 pounds then the momme weight of that silk is 19.
The higher the momme weight the heavier the silk fabric which means a greater amount of silk was used in the weaving process.
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