g/ml or g/m²: how to convert a fabric’s weight
g/ml tells you what the metre you buy weighs, g/m² what the fabric itself weighs. The formula, a table by width, and when to look at which.
Chiffon is a vaporous and light fabric. Wrinkled and lamé, the fabric takes on an iridescent metallic appearance and a very pleasant texture.
This silver and black wrinkled lamé silk chiffon will be ideal for making evening dresses, blouses and elegant silk stoles.
Silk chiffon made in France.
From the journal
g/ml tells you what the metre you buy weighs, g/m² what the fabric itself weighs. The formula, a table by width, and when to look at which.
Momme measures how much a square metre of silk weighs. Where it comes from, how to work it out from our weights in g/ml, and what it does (or doesn’t) tell you about a fabric.