Notes on silk and sleep
What silk is, how to care for it, and why a darker night is a better night.
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Meet the silkworm
A small caterpillar with one diet and one job. How the silkworm grows, spins its cocoon, and why every mulberry silk thread starts with a leaf.
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Why darkness helps you sleep
Your body clock runs on light. What science says about light at night, and when a sleep mask can help.
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Silk, satin or cotton: what’s the difference?
Satin is a weave, silk is a fibre, and cotton is something else again. What that means for the fabric you sleep on.
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What is mulberry silk?
Where it comes from, what “momme” means, and how to tell real silk from something that only looks like it.