How much is silk fabric per meter? 

---By Lynn at Predatex Silk

Many people are very curious on how much they should pay for silk fabric when they are fascinated by the beauty and smooth handfeel of them!

Firstly, I would like to introduce you the process of how silk fabrics are made. As you might have known, the silk yarn are made of protein as they are spit out by silkworms.

Raising silkworms would be a huge program as you have to keep continuous stable temperature and sufficient fresh mulberry leaves! And one silkworm cocoon contains only about 2grams silk and including the glues which would be removed in further processes.  After you have collected hundreds and thousands of cocoons, you start to boil them and reel off silk yarns out them one by one. Of course, nowadays Predatex Silk factory use machines to handle all the processes to save many time. After you get silk yarn ready, you start weaving, further boiling off, coloring or printing same as all the other fabrics.

To review all the processes, the silkworm raising and cocoon are proven to be essential part of silk fabric production and the silk yarn itself are so precious and surely be the most expensive part of silk fabrics. So how much silk yarn used matters a great deal on the final price of silk fabrics.

After all the explanations above made, herewith Predatex Silk would give a further introduction on how much silk fabrics cost per meter.

However, before that I would like to introduce you the unit we measure the weight of silk fabrics, that is "mm"(in short of "momme")!  In fact it is more a measurement for thickness of silk fabrics, but since the silks have certain fixed density it can as well be a measurement for weight.  We normally use to following translation equation: 1mm(momme)= 4.3056grams/squared meters.   The lightest silk fabrics Preda Silk have been running is 3.5mm which is about 15gram per squared meters! That is extremely thin!  And for normal chiffon, the comment weight is 6mm(25.8gsm) or 8mm(32.3gsm). For Satin Charmeuse, the weight is 16mm(64.5gsm) or 19mm(82gsm).

Another issue matters for the price of silk fabrics is the width! Unlike the width of 56"/57"(146cm) for other fabrics, silk fabrics have the width of 45"(114cm) or 55"(140cm). Predatex Silk provide both width choices for you in case you need certain width.   

Time for examples of silk fabric(White or dyed) prices now!

Silk Chiffon 8mm(weight) 140cm(width) ===About USD6.50/mtr

Silk Satin Charmeuse 19mm(weight) 140cm(width) ===About USD13.00/mtr

Silk Crepe De Chine 40mm(weight) 140cm(width)=== About USD25.00/mtr

If  you have purchased silk fabrics with price more or less than above mentioned list, congratulations to you, you are dealing with a reasonable silk supplier! If the price is lower than that or even much lower, trust me, your "silk" must be fake with polyesters or viscose! If the price reached you are much higher, please do not hesitate to contact Predatex Silk ASAP for reasonable price and reliable quality! Predatex Silk, based in Mainland China, deals with only 100% Mulberry silk fabrics in best quality!

For more information, please kindly check our website for more www.predatextile.com

Contacts: Lynn@predatextile.com or Jasom@predatextile.com +86-18298258162(WhatsApp)

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