• Silver woven stretch conductive fabric scrunched to show its drape
  • Silver woven stretch conductive fabric held and stretched in hand
  • Silver woven stretch conductive fabric draped flat
  • Arm sleeve with conductive fabric strips, a wearable project example
  • OUIS touch sleeve with conductive fabric strips and a circuit board on an arm
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Tinker Tailor

Silver Woven Stretch Conductive Fabric

Silver Woven Stretch Conductive Fabric

$3.95 CAD
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Lush! When I got started in wearables I had difficulty finding conductive fabrics to play with and use. It was difficult to get anything but ripstop style. Now I’ve found lovely gems like this stretchy silver fabric.

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Available in 10×10 cm or 20×20 cm squares. Also available in a 30×30 cm size. Looking for something different? Try our Tulle Mesh Silver fabric or Soft Silver & Cotton fabric.

  • Silver fiber — stretchy knit

This knit woven conductive fabric is plated with real silver and super luxe! Use small pieces on the tips of gloves or in any soft circuit situation where you need a bit of stretch. This highly conductive fabric has a resistance of less than 1 ohm per foot in any direction across the textile. It can be used to make soft keypads and capacitive touch sensors, as well as soft “squeeze” switches.

The 100% pure silver fiber fabric contains pure silver and nylon — it is the pure silver ion plating on the nylon.

  • Surface resistance: below 1 ohm
  • Material: 100% silver fiber
  • Type: knitting
  • Shielding: RF & LF electromagnetic fields
  • Frequency range: 3 MHz to 35 GHz
  • Damping: 65–95 dB
  • Colour: silver
  • Air permeable

⚠️ Iron on medium if necessary, steam ok. When I ironed it I just lightly ran an iron over a small corner to test. Test it first to be sure your temperature is ok. Then only press and lift — don’t leave the heat on for too long. Discolouration can occur over time.

Please note that these are all approximate sizes — cut by hand, so slight variations may occur.

If you experiment with this, we’d love to see your project photos!

Care Instructions

Poor water quality will damage silver. In particular, sulphur, high fluoride, and low pH will react strongly with silver and destroy conductivity and shielding performance.

Test your tap water on a small swatch before washing:

  1. Soak a small fabric swatch in tap water for 1 hour.
  2. Look for colour change in the water or swatch, especially blackening.
  3. Air dry the swatch and check for conductivity (touch an ohm meter to 2 points on the fabric).

If colour change or loss of conductivity occurs, do NOT use tap water — use distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water instead. Washing will eventually degrade the silver coating and shielding performance. Discolouration over time is normal.

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Also in a larger 30 x 30 cm size too! One of my absolute favourite fabrics — and for good reason. This material shows up in so many of my projects because it feels incredible in the hand and the colour is just stunning. Whether you're diving into fashion tech and need a reliable surface for adding conductive elements, or you simply want a fabric that looks and feels luxurious on its own, this one delivers every time. It’s a joy to work with and a standout in any project.
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Tony

such a soft fabric - worried it will tarnish

Hello Tony - thanks for the question - yes the silver based products can sometimes tarnish over time and use. Tarnished silver fabric keeps working long past the point where it stops looking new. Every silver-plated textile on the market does this, and it's the trade-off for silver's conductivity being far better than stainless or copper-nickel alternatives. Wash only when needed, cold, with a mild pH-neutral detergent, no bleach, no fabric softener, air dry flat. Stay tuned for our blog post about this!

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Hayley

great to have a trial size. this is even softer then i thought it would be, feels like luxury and works gereat in my circuit

Thanks for the review - it's one of my all time favourites too!