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Handmade vs. machine
silk duvets
There are essentially two kinds of silk duvets. Those made by hand and those made by machine. Silk duvets made by hand are superior in quality, durability and hypoallergenic qualities to those manufactured by machine.
Handmade silk duvets are almost always made using long fiber mulberry silk. The mulberry silk is stretched by hand and layered in a grid pattern until the desired weight is achieved. The silk is then enclosed in a casing and usually tacked to prevent any movement of the layered silk.
Silk filled duvets manufactured by machine are almost always made using short fiber silk or a silk and polyester mix. Short fiber silk can be wild silk or any silk off-cuts which are then forced into a duvet casing.
Handmade duvets.
- Filled using long fiber mulberry silk layered in a grid pattern.
- Tacked, not boxed stitched. Tacking the silk down eliminates cold spots and the damage box stitching causes to the silk fiber.
- Less airborne fibers because only long fiber silk is used.
- No lumps caused by bunching of the silk filling.
Machine made duvets.
- Silk fiber stuffed, not layered into a casing.
- Box stitched. Box stitching damages the silk fiber and creates cold spots throughout the duvet, undermining a silk duvets heat regulating ability.
- Short fiber silk or a silk mix is used instead of long fiber silk. Short fiber silk shards can become airborne and an irritant to allergy sufferers. Short fiber fillings cannot be as effective as long fiber duvets as a hear regulator.
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