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How to care for silk beddings for long usage

Silk is an investment. It’s a fabric that should be bought with a long term relationship in mind. Picking timeless styles and avoiding quick trends will help keep your investment pieces relevant beyond a season. And how you store, wear and wash your silk beddings will also help the longevity of your silk’s life. That’s why, when talking about caring for your silk we’re talking about the whole 360° approach.

Hand Wash

You’ll want to make sure to do colours separately and read the detergent label before using it on your silk. Words like “suitable for silk” and “delicates” are your best friends when it comes to washing silk by hand. Bleach will damage your silk’s fibres so it’s always a big no.

Wrinkles and Creases

Most wrinkles in silk can simply be steamed out, but not everyone owns a steamer. A great steamer hack is to hang your silk in the bathroom and let it steam while you take a hot shower.

If you can’t steam the creases out then here are a few tips on how to safely iron your silk:

  • Flip your garments inside out and set the iron to low heat (or the silk setting).
  • Iron silk only once it’s dry and be sure to put a cloth between the silk and the iron.
  • Do not spray or wet silk while ironing, you may get water-stains.

Hanging and Storing

To avoid ironing, the best solution for your silk is to store it by hanging it in a cool dry place. Silk creases so it’s best not to fold or leave it bunched up for long. If you’re storing your silk sheets for a long period of time then make sure it’s clean and stored in a breathable fabric bag (avoid plastic ones because they lock in moisture). Another tip for long term storing is to store your silk away from the sun to avoid fading the colour and weakening the fibre. Silk is a protein, this means it can attract moths so, if you add a natural moth repellent into the bag your silk will be sure to thank you.

Buying high quality silk comforter and duvets wisely

Maybe you purchased silk sheets in the past and loved them, but can’t seem to find new ones that are as nice? Whether you are a first time buyer or a longtime fan of sleeping on silk this guide is for you!

 having a different duvet for winter and summer is recommended. Thicker silk duvets are ideal for winter as they trap more of your body’s natural heat, while thinner ones are ideal for summer as they allow more air to cool your body.

When shopping for silk duvets you should look at the tog to identify how warm or cool the duvet is. The tog is a rating of how insulating a particular duvet or other kind of fabric is.

Making sure that this duvet is pure silk is very important if you want to stay cool all summer long.

Then, the fun part of shopping for silk bedding. 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.

The best silk sheets can make your room infinitely more luxurious and sophisticated, but it’s a big investment, so it’s worth a little research beforehand.

The price tag may seem steep, but this set is overall the best deal you’re going to find. Not only does this set come complete with a flat sheet, a fitted sheet, and two pillowcases, but they’re 100 percent Mulberry silk, have a 400 tread count, and 19 momme. They’re available in twin, queen, and king and come in a few neutral colors including silver (shown), black, and white.

If you’re on a budget, consider the this fitted sheet. It just comes with one piece, but it’s made from 100 percent pure Mulberry silk to make your mattress especially cool and breathable throughout the night.

After buying these FREEDOMSILK silk sheets, people say that they “never want to get out of bed.” They’re made from 19 momme Mulberry silk filling, and they’re machine washable in lukewarm or cold water. There are also tons of color and size options to choose from.

This Comfortable silk comfort has over a hundred reviews because it’s filled with 100 percent Mulberry silk, it’s soft and fluffy, and it’s machine washable. It’s a great addition to any silk set because it keeps you cool and refreshed in any season. One reviewer even wrote, “I actually have purchased 5 of these duvets… They are spectacular.”

Why should choose silk pillowcase?

A set of silk sheets can do more than give your room a super-fancy Marie Antoinette vibe. Swapping your go-to cotton pillowcase for a silk version packs majorbeauty benefits for your skin and hair, putting a literal spin on the term “beauty sleep.”

Benefits for Hair

Although your current pillowcase may feel soft to the touch, the friction created by tossing and turning at night can be damaging to the hair follicle, ultimately resulting in more frizz and less shine.

Cotton is a material meant to absorb moisture, and it will do just that to your hair.
Hairstyles that lack moisture tend to appear frizzy, lifeless, and more prone to static. Silk is a material that will allow hair to slide around more smoothly so you will have less breakage, and no more bed-head.”

Benefits for Skin

Silk is completely natural (and hypoallergenic), so it’s gentler on your skin, and there is a far slimmer chance that you’ll wake up with an unwanted crease across your cheek. Just like it helps your hair stay hydrated, silk won’t draw the moisture out of your skin. Additionally, the material breathes much easier than others, meaning those hours late into the night spent searching for the cool side of the pillow are officially over.

Your complexion can benefit from a silk pillowcase, especially if your skin is on the sensitive side.

Tips for folding your fitted sheets


Silk, a natural protein fiber, is luxurious and smooth. Some people think it is difficult to care for silk because it is delicate. In general, with proper care, ilk can keep its beautiful for a long time.

Silk is expensive, thus you should choose the suitable color that go with your overall room decoration when buying silk fitted sheets.

Learning how to fold a fitted sheet is like riding a bicycle: Both tasks can seem overly complicated at first, but once you’ve done them smoothly, they become second nature. If you’ve got riding a bike down pat but still a little help with folding a fitted sheet, FREEDOMSILK is here to provide those figurative training wheels for a little longer.

Follow These Steps

  1. Drape the Fitted Sheet Over Your Hands
    With the top two corners inside out and the elastic edge facing you, hold the fitted sheet with one hand in each of the top corners.
  2. Fold the Fitted Sheet in Half and Tuck in the Corners
    Fold the fitted sheet in half vertically, flipping the right corner over the left to create a pocket. Turn the bed sheet 180 degrees and create a second pocket up top. (If your folded sheet has gathered sides, tuck them into each other.)
  3. Fold the Fitted Sheet in Half Again
    Readjust your hold so there are two corners over your left hand and the other two over your right, with the folded seam at the bottom and the tucked and gathered edge facing you. Fold the sheet in half once more so that all four fitted corners meet, and flip the right set of corners over the left set.
  4. Lay the Folded Sheet on the Bed
    With the gathered edges facing up, fold the longer part of the curved edge in toward the center a few inches to create a straight edge. The sheet should now be a rectangle. Fold in half lengthwise, then fold into thirds.

Health benefit for women about silk

More and more young ladies realize the magic health benefits of pure silk as it is hypoallergenic, organic, soft.Charming ladies have already indulged in these indelible smooth feelings.

  • Improve sleeping problems

According to the National Center for Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health, 30 to 40 percent of Americans have problems sleeping. And experts say that bedding may be at least partly to blame in some of these cases. Sheets that irritate your skin, bunch up, or invite dust mites in will interfere with a good night’s rest.

silk pajamas and silk comforter can improve sleep, enhance body vitality, and slow down aging.

Silk is free of any potentially irritating added chemicals and contains natural substances that ward off various environmental allergens (and resulting skin conditions), including dust mites, mold, and fungus.

  • Anti—aging

Silk is anti-acarid, antibacterial and antiallergic to help skin stay clear and free of irritation. “One particular study showed improvements in patients with the skin condition eczema who used silk, but not in those who used cotton.

Additionally, because it is composed of long, smooth, natural fibers tightly woven together, silk helps decrease skin’s loss of moisture and is better tolerated than other fabrics by people with sensitive skin, Peterson says. Stay away from synthetic fibers, wools, and even some cottons that may contain small, stiff, woven fibers that can cause irritation.

  • Solve hair problems

Want that glossy shine and youthful bounce back to your hair? Besides promoting skin health, sleeping on a silk pillowcase can do wonders for your hair.  Other materials actually wick away the oils and moisture in your hair, and makes friction by snagging on rough fibers that can break hair. In fact, wrapping hair in silk before sleep or rubbing dry hair after washing is a method women have used for centuries.

Silk is great for all hair types and particularly beneficial to those with curly, dry, frizzy, thinning, delicate, or chemically treated hair.  Damaged or stressed hair also requires some TLC prior to sleep if you want to increase hair strength and shine, and decrease dryness or breakage.

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.