AT THIS WEIGHT
Cloth we hold at 8 momme
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SILK WEIGHT · 9 FAMILIES · 15 QUALITIES
About ~35 g/m² by the standard conversion. Here is what we actually weave at this weight, and what it is for.
8 momme (~35 gsm) is where silk stops being decorative and starts being usable. It is still sheer in most of its families — organza, chiffon, gauze — but there is now enough yarn in it to take a seam without fighting you, and enough body to hold a hem.
Nine of our families are woven at this weight, which makes it the broadest of the sheer end of the range. If you are working out whether your design needs 6 or 8, the test is whether it has to survive being sewn and worn rather than just draped.
| Family | Qualities | GSM | In the range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silk Habotai | 4 | ~35 | 5mm Silk Habotai; 12mm Silk Habotai; Silk Pongee + 1 more |
| Silk Gauze & Tulle | 2 | ~35 | Silk Tulle; Marquisette |
| Batiste & Voile | 2 | ~35 | 6mm Silk Batiste; Silk Voile |
| Digital Printed Silk | 2 | ~35 | 6mm Printed Silk Chiffon; 12mm Printed Silk Habotai |
| Silk Georgette | 1 | ~35 | 8mm Silk Georgette |
| Silk Chiffon | 1 | ~35 | 6mm Silk Chiffon |
| Silk Organza | 1 | ~35 | 8mm Silk Organza |
| Silk Twill & Foulard | 1 | ~35 | Silk Grosgrain Ribbon |
| Silk Taffeta | 1 | ~35 | 12mm Silk Taffeta |
Blouses, overlays and evening pieces that need to go through a machine and then through a door, rather than only across a room.
At 8 mm organza has real stiffness. It is used inside other garments precisely because it does not drape.
Wedding veiling hijab and occasion wear where a translucent layer has to hold a finished edge.
Digital print on 8 mm reads well because the cloth is pale enough underneath to carry colour without muddying it.
Every weight we weave, with the number of families and individual qualities available at each. GSM is the standard conversion.
| Weight | Families | Qualities | Approx GSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 momme | 1 | 1 | ~13 |
| 4 momme | 2 | 3 | ~17 |
| 5 momme | 3 | 4 | ~22 |
| 6 momme | 6 | 9 | ~26 |
| 8 momme | 9 | 15 | ~35 |
| 10 momme | 5 | 8 | ~43 |
| 12 momme | 11 | 19 | ~52 |
| 14 momme | 6 | 9 | ~61 |
| 16 momme | 10 | 33 | ~69 |
| 18 momme | 3 | 3 | ~78 |
| 19 momme | 9 | 26 | ~82 |
| 20 momme | 5 | 6 | ~87 |
| 22 momme | 12 | 30 | ~95 |
| 25 momme | 13 | 17 | ~108 |
| 30 momme | 10 | 15 | ~130 |
| 35 momme | 2 | 5 | ~152 |
| 40 momme | 6 | 8 | ~174 |
| 70 momme | 1 | 1 | ~304 |
One momme is roughly 4.34 g/m², so 8 momme works out to about ~35 per square metre. The conversion is the standard one published across the trade; actual GSM varies slightly by weave and finish.
9 families on our card are woven at this weight, 15 qualities in total — use the table above for the exact list. Availability of specific colours depends on what is on the shelf versus in a dye lot.
Momme is weight, not quality. A 8 mm is not better than a lighter one — it is a different tool. Quality is decided by the grade of the yarn and the evenness of the weave, both of which we hold constant across the range.
Yes, in stock colours — cut from one metre, same as the rest of the range. Custom dyeing of this weight starts from 40 metres per colour with a lab dip approved first.
AT THIS WEIGHT
Photographed from our own stock. Click through for the full family range.
Tell us the family, colour and length and we will quote it with a confirmed dispatch date.
