| class="MsoNormal">Today, silk is still an extraordinary | | | | material or your can stretch the wholes. |
| material. You do not buy it every day nor every month | | | | - The silk is no real silk but a mixture. |
| but you prefer buying silk for specific occasions, for | | | | The Silk House recommends to watch the following |
| example for evening dresses or silk curtains etc. | | | | points: |
| And here is where 2 questions arise: | | | | - Buy branded silk qualities (e.g. from in case the |
| How do I recognize good silk qualities and how | | | | qualities are important to you. Generally, branded |
| important is a good silk quality? | | | | companies have a high interest in best silk qualities. |
| Lets start with the second question: how important is a | | | | - Wrinkle up about 30 inches of silk on a length of 30 |
| good silk quality? | | | | inches, hold it upright and observe if the silk is |
| In case you like to buy for example nice dupioni silk for | | | | standing up. If it is, the yarn is well weaved. |
| an evening dress, you might like to choose 6 yards of | | | | - Check the weight per meter. The Silk House |
| silk material with 54 inch width. The following dangers: | | | | recommends to have 110gr per meter or more at a |
| - The colour is not regular, often only to be recognized | | | | width of 54 inches. |
| when comparing the beginning of a roll with a part that | | | | - Roll out the silk material 5-6 yards in front of you and |
| comes 5-6 yards later | | | | pay attention to any colour differences. Specifically for |
| - The colour might contain toxic components | | | | large areas (e.g. silk curtains), colour variances should |
| - The colour bleeds or looses strength, e.g. when in | | | | be avoided. |
| touch with skin, humidity or when being dry washed. | | | | The Silk House wishes you joy with best silk qualities. |
| - The colour is quickly loosing strength through sun | | | | The Silk HouseDantestrasse 53 |
| exposure | | | | D-69115 Heidelberg |
| - The silk material was woven on an old machine | | | | Germany (worldwide delivery) |
| which causes many defects | | | | T. |
| - The weft is loose, you can see through some | | | | |