No.2 Sile Fabric | Double Layer

Name: Sile-Double Layer  Composition: 100% Cotton Size: width 130 cm Weight: 120 GSM Selling Unit: Yard (92cm - 3 feet) Would you like to order sample fabric? Please click here.  Sile fabric, pronounced shi-lé, which is 100% cotton, owes its unique qualities to its special production process.   It originates from the city of Sile in Istanbul on the Black Sea Coast of Turkey where it has been made for hundreds of years.  Traditional sile fabric is obtained from 20 numbered twisted crepe yarns. In the first stage, the ropes or skeins called “Kelep” are treated with a special flour paste called “çırşı” in copper cauldrons and boiled with sea water.  This process gives the threads their strength and sheen.  The cooled skeins are dried on poles and cleaned of paste residues. The original color of the sile fabric is beige, but it can also be white and be made from dyed threads of various colors.  After the yarn is spun, traditional Şile fabric is woven on special wooden looms. These looms ar