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 transparent, wispy and light fabric. It can be plain or printed.
This 100% silk muslin printed with black and turquoise stripes is used for making all light and airy clothes but also for making scarves, scarves and stoles as well as for decoration and creative hobbies.
Silk chiffon made in France.
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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.