Dupioni Silk • Dupion Silk
An elegant fabric woven with
slubbed yarns of dupioni silk. This type of
silk is used in a number of fabrics, but the
classic dupioni silk cloth is made with a tight
plain weave, fine warp yarns and heavier, slubbed
filling yarns that form prominent, irregular
crosswise ribs. Dupioni has a crisp, scrunchy
hand, a rough, uneven texture and a dull luster.
It is usually dyed brilliant colors and is
often iridescent or plaid, but it may also
be natural in color or bleached white.
Dupioni Silk (meaning double) is produced
when two or more silkworms spin their cocoons
closely together. These slightly tangled cocoons
produce filament that is rough, uneven and not
as strong as cultivated silk. It is usually reeled
and used to make fine or heavy yarns with pronounced
irregular slubs at random intervals. Dupioni silk
usually comes from cultivated, rather than wild,
silkworms because their living quarters are more crowded,
increasing their chances of tangling the cocoons.
Like cultivated silk, dupioni is easy to dye, so
fabrics are often brightly colored.
Our site offers a variety of silk fabrics suitable for apparel and home decorator projects. We also offer a large selection of patterns, many suitable for silk fabric. You can also find books and a full line of notions to help you complete your silk project. We show weight per square yard for all our silks.
With the exception of dupioni, all weights are
expressed in both ounces and mommes.
1 ounce (oz) equals 7.54 mommes (mm).