How to Identify Real Silk Carpets?
Shopping for your home interiors and looking for the true silk carpets and rugs? Although purchasing these seems very easy but in reality this is not the case as you will have to be very careful while buying these. Cocoon of silkworm is the source of true silk that is spun by the silk moth caterpillar. Silk is then harvested by boiling the cocoon along with silkworm. After boiling, the cocoon is freed from worm and unwound into single fiber. Whereas artificial silk is either made from mercerized cotton or rayon. Pure Silk carpets are very tightly woven with at least 200 knots per sq. inches and occasionally 500 or more knots. On the other hand artificial silk carpets has mostly less than 250 knots per sq inch. You can also check the fringe and feel the difference between these two. Tests to Identify the Pure Silk Carpet By Rubbing Silk Although this is a very basic test yet you can identify the true silk and its quality by rubbing part of it on your palm. The genuine silk will feel w...