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.
The silk lamé is a silky fabric with a metallic and iridescent appearance. An ideal textile for sought-after creations.
This shiny skin-colored silk lamé is textured with fine diagonal lines. It will be ideal for making evening dresses, blouses and elegant silk stoles.
Silk lamé 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.