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 black silk chiffon is textured with silver and gold lurex bands. It is used for the manufacture of all light and aerial clothing but also for making scarves, scarves and stoles as well as for decoration and creative hobbies.
Fabric made in Italy.
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.