Silk Comforters

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Silk comforters are one of the most comfortable things you can have in your bedroom. They are not just soft and warm but they are also hypoallergenic and very easy to clean. They can be used all year round especially in moderate climates since they can be warm enough during cold nights and cool enough during warm nights.  Silk comforters were first made in China thousands of years ago and was first used by royalty. So it’s such a nice feeling to actually use something that was just meant for royalty. Its popularity can be attributed to its combination of properties including thermal, their light weight, and of course their hypoallergenic properties.

Mulberry silk comforters are not good environments for bed bugs, dust mites, and are immune to mold and fungi. Silk comforters are very easy to care for; they only need to be dried in the sun a few times a year since silk does not retain or absorb odor very well. If you have stains on your silk comforter and want to remove them or you accidentally spilled something on it, you must have it dry cleaned since silk floss layers are easily damaged by contact with water.
The silk used in the comforters comes from the cocoons of silk worms. These silk worms feed on mulberry trees found in subtropical environments. The cocoons are harvested and then boiled which turns the hard cocoon into a ball of loose, strong, and flexible filament which can measure up to a thousand meters. The ball is usually uncoiled and spun around a spindle for use in textile for silk cloth.

To make silk comforters, the balls are not uncoiled but instead they are stretched into a flat jumbled web and are then bundled into layers to make silk floss. The cocoons are expanded outwardly using a u-shaped rack usually made out of wood. The ball cocoon is transformed into a sheet of jumbled fibers. The sheet is again stretched on a bigger rack along with other stretched out cocoons to create a thicker, cotton-like sheet which is now the silk floss I was talking about. Literally hundreds of this silk floss is needed to make a single silk comforter. When enough silk floss is layered, the silk comforter begins to take form and is again stretched into the desired dimensions. It can take a hundred up to thousands of layers of the thin floss to make a single comforter, so depending on the dimensions and thickness of the comforter, it may have thousands of layers of silk floss. Once the desired stack is achieved, it is then packed inside a silk or cotton fabric to complete the comforter. The resulting product is very light despite its thickness, which is because silk is very, very light.

Silk is a breathable fabric, meaning it allows air to pass through making it comfortable in a wide range of temperatures and also keeps it from becoming smelly with sweat or whatever.

Although silk comforters are more expensive than the common down comforters, the benefits are really evident so the investment is well worth it. You can buy one online for a little over a hundred dollars, but you can also find one easily on your local department store for less since there are usually sales in such stores.