What are the different types of silk used in silk comforters?
Mulberry silk is created by the bombyx mori silkworm from a diet of exclusively Mulberry tree leaves, producing the highest quality of silk available. Dupioni silk is made from double cocoons nested together – the threads are uneven and irregular. Tussah silk is a plain weave silk fabric from ‘wild’ silk worms with unregulated diets. It has irregular thick and thin yarns creating uneven surface and color, since the silk worms are allowed to hatch and tear a hole through the cocoon, breaking the single strand into multiple strands.
Mulberry silk is created by the bombyx mori silkworm from a diet of exclusively Mulberry tree leaves, producing the highest quality silk of a single strand. Habotai silk is a type of silk fabric – silk with a smooth, even weave (habotai means “soft as down” in Japanese). Dupioni silk is made from double cocoons nested together – the threads are uneven and irregular. Tussah silk is a plain weave silk fabric from ‘wild’ silk worms with unregulated diets. It has irregular thick and thin yarns creating uneven surface and color, since the silk worms are allowed to hatch and tear a hole through the cocoon, breaking the single strand into multiple strands.
