Month: January 2019

Sleep problems and insomnia

Insomnia can be caused by psychiatric and medical conditions, unhealthy sleep habits, specific substances, and/or certain biological factors.

The sad truth is, most people experience sleeplessness at some point during their lives. But what is the difference between a restless night and insomnia?

Insomnia is a sleep disorder, where the sufferer regularly has problems falling asleep, or remaining asleep throughout the night. Symptoms of insomnia include finding it hard to fall asleep even though you’re feeling tired and unexplained waking during the night or early in the morning. This in turn makes it hard to function properly during the day.

You may wear the same pajamas year-round.
You may choose high quality of silk pajama set.


What you wear matters, even while you sleep. Your body temperature plays a part in your sleep cycle—a slight drop in temperature is what induces sleep.

Silk is ideal,  because it keeps you warm when you’re cold and cool when you’re hot. If silk is too pricey, try breathable cotton in the warmer months and cozy flannel during the cold. 

You sleep in the wrong position.

If you try your hardest to sleep on your back because you heard it won’t give you wrinkles, you might end up with bags under your eyes instead. 

 Sleep posture affects sleep quality and people should stick to what they naturally gravitate toward

Certain conditions do call for a specific sleeping position that might not be natural but could still help you sleep better. And silk beddings may help you in this problem.

You’ve had the same beddings for years 

It’s time for you to change you bedding set now.
The National Sleep Foundation recommends replacing your mattress about every eight years. If you’ve lost track of time, check for worn or sagging spots in the middle or at the edges; these signal it’s time for a change. 

Benefit of sleeping on silk

Have you ever dreamed of waking up each and every morning with perfectly smooth non-frizzy hair and a silky feeling skin? A silk pillowcase made from luxurious 100% Mulberry natural hypoallergenic silk is the answer to your bed-head and creased morning skin. Wake up feeling totally refreshed and beautiful!

  • Your face has more contact with your pillowcase than any other fabric . If you want to keep your face looking refreshed, your choice in pillowcase is very important. 
  • Sleeping on silk is great option for helping your skin maintain its natural moisture. 
  • Silk is produced from domesticated silk worms that are bred and raised in captivity. They have no predators to defend against and are pampered throughout their life, helping to produce a fine silk fiber with little chemical exposure. 
  • It’s naturally hypoallergenic. 
  •  help your skin stay healthy and smooth and can help reduce the appearance of facial wrinkles.
  • During warm temperatures, keeping your skin cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
    There is nothing worse than night sweats. Silk is the best fabric to sleep on! Also silk pajamas do.

Silk prevents ageing! Silk contains a natural protein and 18 essential amino acids. Studies have shown that amino acids can counter the effects of ageing, especially in the facial skin and can help calm the nervous system. Silk also contains natural cellular albumen, which helps speed up metabolism of skin cells – thus helping to reduce signs of aging.

About momme weight

Silk bedding quality is referred to using momme weight.

Many people are familiar with thread count, which is used with many fabrics as a way to distinguish the overall quality of the fabric.

However, with silk, thread count is not generally used because it is not a good means to distinguish between different qualities of silk.

Silk is an incredibly fine thread to begin with, and thread counts would be extremely high, regardless of the quality of the silk. So for example, a low-quality silk may have a similarly high thread count to a high-quality silk. For this reason, silk uses an alternative system to measure quality, called momme weight.

What is momme？

 In simplest terms, momme weight describes the weight of 100 yards of silk, 45 inches wide, in pounds. So, if a fabric is listed with a momme weight of 8mm, it means that 100 yards of the fabric weighs 8 pounds.  Many silk dresses and other silk clothing items will be around 8mm in weight. Higher quality silks tend to be 14, 15 or 16mm or higher. The best Silk bedding is 19mm or 19 pounds in weight per 100 yards.

range of momme weight 

Silk generally falls into a range of 6 momme on the lower side to a maximum weight of 30 momme. For bedding, silk with a 19 momme weight is generally considered to provide the best balance of strength, aesthetics and affordability.

Importance of momme weight

If you are looking at various silk bedding options and you are unable to find a listed momme weight, you should look elsewhere. Without a declaration of momme weight, you have no way of knowing the quality of silk.

Effect of momme weight

While a higher momme weight silk will be more opaque than a lower momme weight silk, silk in general is a semi-transparent fabric. When deciding on color, remember that dyed silk will be more opaque as the dye will stop light from passing through the fabric, while white silk will be less opaque. However, many people enjoy white silk for its classic look and ability to match with many different types of bedding.

What’s OKEO

The STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® is a worldwide consistent, independent testing and certification system for raw, semi-finished, and finished textile products at all processing levels, as well as accessory materials used. Examples of articles that can be certified: raw and dyed/finished yarns, woven and knitted fabrics, accessories, such as buttons, zip fasteners, sewing threads or labels, ready-made articles of various types.

The Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 was developed by European textile institutes who were committed to finding a way to reduce our environmental footprint. The Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 is a global testing and accreditation program that successfully sets the standards for the screening of harmful substances in consumer textiles. Textiles can only be certified if all components meet the requirements submitted. 

All Mulberry Park Silks products are Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 certified and have been tested and guaranteed to be free of all harmful substances, including toxins and irritants, ensuring that the silk products that you bring into your home are safe, natural and healthy.


Now, FREEDOMSILK is proud to inform our customers that all our silk bedding fabrics are certified by Oeko-Tex, completely chemical-free, no harmful substance added before and during the process of manufacture. Please feel assured to choose and purchase, in addition, if you still have doubts about the authenticity of our silk, get free swatches from us, burn it. 

The OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 was introduced at the beginning of the 1990s in response to the demand of the general public for textiles which are harmless to health. Poison in textiles and other negative headlines were widespread at this time and indiscriminately branded all chemicals used in textile manufacturing as negative and dangerous to health.

Tips for housewives’choice of silk beddings

Silk bedding is has it all! An incredibly luxurious feel, is naturally hypoallergenic and is modestly priced. What more could you ask for? If the idea of slipping into bed between silk sheets or draping your bed with a cloud like silk comforter isn’t enough, then justify it to yourself by knowing that silk is healthy as it allows the body to breathe and wick away moisture as you sleep. Moreover, many people find that silk does not irritate their skin. You are now forewarned; once you are sleeping on silk there is no turning back! Choose from silk sheets, silk pillowcases, silk comforters and even silk pillows.

Making sure that this duvet is pure silk is very important if you want to stay cool all summer long. Take a look at our very own  silk duvet for more information.

The ideal summer duvet is usually between 2-4 tog and has no additional fabrics added to it.

Choosing a color combination that works for you and your decor is very important. Not only will the colors you choose enhance your mood but they can also help you fall asleep easier.

In fact, the cheapest silk sheets are usually no more than 15 per cent silk. Unless sheets are labelled as 100 per cent silk, they are likely to be a blend of polyester, cotton, or another smooth, silky material. Usually people with a lower budget choose the lower blends of silk, which are easier to care for as well compared with 100 per cent silk sheets.

Another difference between silk sheets types is the momme weight. Momme weight is similar to thread count in other fabrics, but because this method is not a good measure of quality for silk sheets, momme is used instead. Momme describes the weight of silk per 100 metres, usually measured in pounds. Silk sheets range between 6 and 30 mommes with the highest being pure silk which is actually quite transparent. Standard silk sheets usually range between 15 and 22 mommes because pure silk sheets are more fragile than those with blends of other materials.

Most experts agree that 18-20 momme is a good balance between quality and durability in silk sheets.

Advantages in life of silk

Besides its luxurious softness and lustrous beauty, there are benefits of silk that other fabrics, whether natural or man-made, simply cannot match. These advantages of silk have rightly earned silk its reputation as the queen of fabrics. If “Why Silk?” is still a question in your mind, the following benefits of silk should remove any doubts. 

  • You may suffer from the Allergy and Asthma for a long time, with so much treatment, however, no effect. Anything can do? Definitely yes. Just silkbedding for you .

Because of its natural protein structure, silk is the most hypoallergenic of all fabrics

  • Silk is warm and cozy in winter and comfortably cool when temperatures rise. Its natural temperature-regulating properties give silk this paradoxical ability to cool and warm simultaneously. Silk garments thus outperform other fabrics in both summer and winter. Silk worn as a second layer warms without being bulky.

All-climate fabric

Silk is highly absorbent and dries quickly.

  • It can absorb up to 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling damp. Silk will absorb perspiration while letting your skin breathe.
  • In spite of its delicate appearance, silk is relatively robust and its smooth surface resists soil and odors well.
  • Silk takes color well, washes easily, and is easy to work with in spinning, weaving, knitting, and sewing .
  • Mixes well with other animal and vegetable fibers.
  • Silk is a natural heat regulator, able to maintain the air around you at a comfortable temperature when you sleep.The smooth surface of silk pajamas or beeding sets means there is little friction between your skin and your bedding linen, which is said to be the biggest cause for sleep wrinkles. The fact that your hair moves around freely as well basically means you will not wake up with a bedful of broken hair and your head looking like a mess.

Method of identification of silk

“I have a Liberty of London nightgown ready for my shop and really can’t decide whether it is silk or not. Anyone got any foolproof ways of identifying real silk? I’ve read a little about the burn test but before I see whether there’s a bit of fabric I can snip out has anyone got any other ways of telling? Thanks.”

A netizen asked for help online.Many enthusiastic netizens replied that best bet is the burn test.

Customers have big doubts about its purity when they want to buy 100% natural silk home. Therefore, there are a number of ways for reference which can be used together to try to determine if a fabric is genuine silk or a synthetic man-made fabric that looks like silk.

  • No doubt about it – genuine, Real silk usually costs at least ten times as much as synthetics to produce.
  • It is a result of the combination of threads of different single colours in each of the weft and warp. This “shot” effect gives a surface that “shines” and appears to change colour as the angle of light on it changes.
  • Silk can be hand-woven or machine-woven. Machine-woven silk will have a perfectly even weave with no flaws … and very little character. Hand-woven silk has its own individual characteristics. Each piece is unique.
  • In the final.Genuine silk with a woven pattern will have the pattern visible on both sides but the pattern on the reverse side may appear slightly “fuzzy”. Burn Test.This is not a standard test you should perform on silk! However, it is a fairly definitive test.

Genuine silk will burn with a smell like burnt hair and will produce a black, powdery ash. It will only burn while the flame is being applied – take the flame away and the threads will stop burning.

A synthetic fabric will burn with a smell like burning plastic and will drip, form a black ball of residue (not ash), and produce black smoke. It will continue to burn even after the flame is taken away.

Hope we can help you more or less.

Difference of Silk types.

How well do you know your silks?

We’re often asked by many of you about the qualities of the different silks we use and why some are more suitable for certain activities than others.
We’ve therefore provided a mini guide to help you with your shopping.

What’s Mulberry Silk？ Mulberry silk is the most common and widely used silk around the world, and accounts for about 90% of the world’s supply.

  • the bulk of silk produced around the world comes from the mulberry variety.  is produced by the Bombyx mori silkworm who feed on mulberry bushes.
  • he careful breeding for quality and the strict diet of mulberry leaves are what make the end product, mulberry silk, the very finest silk available today.
  • The disadvantage of using mulberry silk is that it requires extra care to maintain its smooth texture.

Charmeuse Silk (Satin Silk)

  • Used in everything from bedding to dresses to shirts.
  • Lightweight and has a natural elasticity, which makes it the ideal fabric for use in sheets, pillowcases and other kinds of bedding. 
  • The front of the fabric has a satin sheen to it while the back has a dull finish.


Tasar Silk

  • Made from wild silkworms which have not been bred. 
  • Not as soft or durable as cultivated silk. 
  •  Most wild silk comes from India and not China.

Eri Silk

  • A creamy white-colored silk.
  • Derived from two domesticated species of silkworms known as Samia ricini and Philosamia ricin. 

Muga Silk

  • Golden yellow in color.
  • Belongs to the same genus as the Tasar silkworm.

Spider Silk

  • A non-insect silk variety that is soft and fine in texture.
  • The most difficult silk to produce as spiders cannot be bred like silkworms and do not produce as much yarn as silkworms. 

Mussel Silk  

Obtained from bivalve found in shallow waters along the shores of the Italia and Dalmatia of Adriatic.

Anaphe Silk  

Commonly produced in the southern and central African countries. 

Coan Silk

Poduced from the larvae of the Pachypasa atus which is common in the Mediterranean region covering Italy, Greece, and Turkey.

  Have we missed anything?

The advantages of silk you should know

Silk is a naturally hypoallergenic fibre, making it ideal for allergy sufferers. Our 100% silk-filled duvets, pillowcases and toppers have been tested by and awarded the BRITISH ALLERGY FOUNDATION SEAL OF APPROVAL for the removal of house dustmites.

When you sleep

Silk has also been attributed with helping hair retain its moisture keeping it shiny and smooth and with keeping facial lines at bay.

Silk is a natural heat conductor UNLIKE COTTON and can adjust it to the ambient TEMPERATURE of the room. As silk is breathable the excess heat breaths away to help keep the body at a constant temperature throughout the night.


One particular study showed improvements in patients with the skin condition eczema who used silk, but not in those who used cotton

Silk is anti-acarid, antibacterial and antiallergic to help skin stay clear and free of irritation.

What’s more, silk protein contains 18 kinds of amino acids, 11 of which are necessary for the human body. These amino acids send out subtle molecular, also called “sleep molecular”, which can make the person’s nerve in a stable condition.PROTABLE FOR ALMOST PEOPLE. 

How much do you know about silk?


Silk is a natural protein fiber produced by mulberry silkworm which is used for textile manufacturing. Silk fiber has a triangular prism-like structure which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at different angles and with that to produce different colors.

Sericulture or silk production has a long and colorful history unknown to most people.

Modern sericulture

History of silk began in the 27th century BC in China where it remained in sole use until the commercial ways appeared from China to the Mediterranean Sea. During the latter half of the first millennium BC, Silk Road opens and silk starts to spread the world. Since silk was highly valued and appriciated outside China as well, lenghts of silk became a well-established trading commodity between China and foreign countries.It was this trade that made it possible for people in places located far away from any silk cultivation and silk weaving to wear and use silk. 

When silk was first discovered, it was reserved exclusively for the use of the ruler. It was permitted only to the emperor, his close relations and the very highest of his dignitaries. Within the palace, the emperor is believed to have worn a robe of white silk; outside, he, his principal wife, and the heir to the throne wore yellow, the color of the earth.

During the Han Dynasty, silk became somewhat of a currency. There are for instance documents from this era telling us about farmers who paid their taxes in grain and silk.  

Finally the silk threads are woven into cloth or used for embroidery work.

Clothes made from silk are not only beautiful and lightweight, they are also warm in cool weather and cool in hot weather. Today, People’s Republic of China is the world’s largest silk producer.