Is there a difference in satin and silk... do they feel different?

Question

I just bought silk blankets but want to buy satin sheets... will they feel different?

Answer 1

Didn't know about silk worms being boiled to death; yuck. Must be Modern Technology; used to be made from their web weavings--or is that just myth??
Anyway, satin can these days be horribly artificial, yes, heavy; a polyester feel; if high quality, still heavier than silk,but, yummy smooth.
Ck out a pillow case at a linen store and see what it is like.
Silks, esp. today mostly come from the East and India and are nubby, and/or semi-rough texture.
But, it doesn't have to be.
Ck out Organic Catalogs & Gaim & (forget name of catalogue) but specializes in undergarments for winter--could Google--and skiers prefer macrofiber, or silk, or silk & some blend: for Breathability. But, in sheets, could feel a bit like a t-shirt, or jersey feel. Flannel-like but softer; if you like that--go for it!

Ck out Pier 1: they have many imported silk "modern" items; you'll immed. see the difference in texture, color, etc.
Silk cannot be washed in the reg. manner; satin can or cannot be--depends on quality.
Silk MUST BE DRYCLEANED; so not eco-friendly in that sense.
For sheets, I would buy satin & a high quality:one that will hold up to washing, and one that won't have that (to me--yuck) polyester "feel."
Ck at Penny's; Bed & Bath; online specialty.
Silk Blankets: never heard of that.
Would breath nicely like wool; I have an Irish Wool Blanket I love.
Still probably needs drycleaning. Once at end of season; store properly--in plastic I would think--and even during season; protect from pantry moths: they love all fabric!!
Once you get them in your house, even w/specialty traps, hard to get rid of !!! and, come mainly from grains in kitchen.
You'll know them by their appearance; and any!!!, any grey/white sticky webbing on your clothes; esp. if soiled & waiting for the Drycleaner's. If find webbing wipe off immed. & have drycleaned.

Answer 2

Silk is a fiber spun by silkworms, which can be woven into various smooth or textured fabrics such as pongee, slubbed raw silk, broadcloth, velvet or satin.
Satin is a kind of fabric, usually of silk, with a smooth shiny face surface.
Your silk blankets are probably fuzzy, and silk sheets will be very smooth and probably slippery.

Answer 3

I think that silk is lighter, satin heavy and smooth. Some types of silk, like raw silk, are a little rough and nubby. Silk is a wonderful fabric, if it is cold it warms you up and if warm breathable so you don't get really hot.

Answer 4

It SOLELY, depends on the quality of sheets. But I would go with the natural fiber over the man made one. Satin is nuce if you wear PJ's to bed, but silk is usually nicer on the skin.

Answer 5

Yes,they will.

Satin is also more animal-friendly. Silk is spun from the carcass and crysallis of the silk worm. Once they go into their cocoons,they're boiled to death.