Silk Pillowcases For A Birthday Present - Looks Like Satin To Me, Post 513

 "What do you want for your birthday?" my family asked me. 

I wanted more clothes. But my family members already think I have too many. 

So, I asked for silk pillowcases. When I searched online, I tried to find silk, from silkworms. I did not want satin, which is a type of weave. Satin can be made from any one of several kinds of fabric, including polyester. The visible difference is that satin, although thin, and soft and shiny on one side, is matt on the underside.

I looked for the word silk. But also the word mulberry, which is the plant which silkworms feed on. Polyester is something different.

Sets Of Two

Some of the manufacturers offered sets of two pillowcases. Why would I settle for one when I can gettwo. I would rather have two cheaper ones than one more expensive one. Why? Because I need two when one has been hand-washed and is drying.

Zip Closure Versus Envelope

At first, I wanted a zipped one rather than the envelope style. The dearest ones are the ones with a frill. I was happy to do without a frill. The zipped ones were the intermediate price.

However, I decided to have two in envelope style rather than one which was zipped. The price was 15.99 pounds sterling, free delivery, depending on speed of delivery and other factors.

I received two items in a thin, oblong coloured box. Elegant. 

With a strange 3 sentence poetric message about smiling, praise and love, with miss-spelling such as secreatly (sic) for secretly, and old fashioned words such as this be and thy, (Let this be my word, that I trust thy love.) on the back of a pretty coloured thank you card. 

They look good quality. They feel soft. Thin and flexible. But the texture on the back is a giveaway. They look like polyester They do not have a label saying silk.

Most of the Amazon high star reviews say that the pillowcases feel soft and leave their hair less tangled, which is one of the claims for many silk pillowcase products.

Other claims I have seen are that your skin is less wrinkled. 

I am not expecting either, just a very pleasant feel.

The one star reviews on Amazon say that people tried the burn test and the result was melting, not turning to ash. 

One reviewer said that because the item melts, it should carry a fire danger warning.

However, I had a chance to compare them with a third pillowcase.

Polyester Pillowcases

As a bonus, My daughter-in-law sent me a third white pillowcase. Supposedly silk. My son said it was silk. She had not liked it because it created static, he said that she had said.

I was suspicious. Static? Surely that meant polyester. 

I checked the label. I was right. The brand was kit-sch. The label says hand wash. Made in China. 100% satin polyester.

The zip was stuck.

I now have three very soft, nice bright white pillowcases. Not silk. 

But okay. I don't want the nuisance of sending them back. I don't think I will get real silk at the price I want to pay. I would have to pay triple from a silk specialist. 

Maybe the Chinese do not even understand what mulberry silk means. 

I think if you want real silk you must go into a department store and check the label.

Brand Kit-sch

I looked for Kit-sch online, kept getting results for kitch, one word, no hyphen, no full stop in the middle, and found eventually found a Facebook UK firm. The pillowcases said satin, not silk. They were about twenty-four pounds, which seems a lot for satin, not silk. I also found a Facebook page.

I looked back at my original silk pillowcase from years ago. Its label says silk.

Useful Websites

https://www.mykitsch.co.uk/pages/co-lab

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