I bought this Silk/Wool Blend Scarf in 2009.
Since I didn't open the packet, it is still brand new.
Silk/Wool Blend Scarves - 63% silk, 37% wool
This is a great blend! Warmer than plain silk, softer than wool, the 12.5 mm weight is similar to a nice Crepe de Chine.
12.5mm makes it about the same weight as the 12mm Crepe de Chine and, with its diagonal weave, it drapes great as well! They are warmer for winter than just plain silk, and quite soft for those who are normally irritated by itchy wool. A lot of men are wearing scarves now too, and the 11x60 or 14x72 sizes are perfect for them. With a bit looser weave and a wool blend like this, we recommend hand washing and line drying to cut down on shrinkage.
The item has hand rolled hems with 100% silk thread.
Thickness: 12.5mm (momme weight), about 54g per square meter.
What is Momme?
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.The higher the momme, the tighter the weave, meaning more silk was used per square inch. This is because silk has a very fine thread (1 Denier).
Fun fact: a single strand of silk fibre is approximately 1/10th thickness of human hair.
Whilst being very fine, silk is stronger than steel of the same diameter, and the strongest natural fibre on earth.
With such a thin thread, that can vary between cocoons, the thread count would not only be incredibly high (in the thousands), it wouldn't offer a feasible way of measuring one fabric against another, so an alternative measurement to thread count was devised by the Japanese. Momme. This measurement is still used as the standardised measurement of the density/weight of silk fabric to this day.