RE: New to buying silk. How do I know if I am getting a bargain? Also which dyes?
One of the things I learned was that I need something in the single digits as far as thickness (thinness?) is concerned. I have seen a range of between 30 and 5 momme or mm.
I have seen one mention of 4.5mm
I am assuming so far that around 5mm is about where I should be looking.
I mentioned that I might stay away from prints, but there are a few really nice patterns that can be found. I still think I need to stay away from those as most do not show a scale to understand how large some of the prints are.
One other thing I noted were the plaids! Somehow in the back of my mind that just don't sit right. Dunno what's up with that.
So much of the stuff on the bay gives no mention as to the momme of the material.
Robert