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Diversification of hand made carpets of Panipat

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Title Diversification of hand made carpets of Panipat
 
Creator Saroj Bala
 
Contributor Punia, Purveen
 
Subject Diversification, Handmade, Attributes
 
Description The study was conducted on Diversification of handmade carpets of Panipat The existing
status of handmade carpet making units, market study the availability of carpet products and consumer
preferences regarding products and product attributes were studied from 30 carpet making units from
Panipat, 20 carpet selleing units in Panipat and Hisar market and 120 consumers from Hisar and
Panipat.It was found that maximum numbers of the carpet manufacturing units in Panipat were
established during 2001-11. All the units were registered . All the units were being run privately and on
partnership basis. Majority of units were producing hand tufted carpets export carpets. Basically these
were two types of handmade carpet manufacturing techniques i.e. hand tufting and hand weaving.
Majority of carpets were made with geometrical designs in more than three colours and upto 5 colours.
Carpet material was being used for foots mat, stool mats and prayer mats, prayer chowki covers, mat
for telephone and settee covers mainly. Majority of the owners opined the availability of hand knotted
and machine woven carpet at selling units. Carpets found in market were embellished with printing and
combination of printing and appliqué.Majority of designs with geometrical designs were in more than
three colours. The most preferred products for diversification were prayer chowki cover, muda cover,
prayer mat, stool mat, telephone mat, foot mat, file cover, wall pocket, teddy bear and belt developed.
A change in the existing designs according to its suitability and utility. Preferred yarns were wool,
malai dori, art silk, nylon, and lace for products. There was a lot of scope for change yet the possibility
of making changes in existing carpets of Panipat was arrived at in terms of deign development,
combination of carpet making techniques, embellishment of surface use of carpet material for other
purposes. Three designs of each preferred ten products were created using Corel-Draw 12. The top
ranked designs and handmade techniques of each product were used for development of selected
diversified products. Stool mat, belt, prayer mat, prayer chowhi cover, muda cover were highly
acceptable in terms of utility.The cost of products was considered to be appropriate consumers for
teddy bear, belt, file cover, wall pocket, stool mat, muda cover and telephone mat. Training on
preparation of diversified products from carpet material was imparted to 50 women weavers of four
villages of Hisar-1 block. There was significant gain in knowledge of weavers after imparting training
regarding making creative products from carpet materials, manufacturing techniques and
embellishments used. The physical properties of the developed diversified products were tested. The
difference found in the values for the total mass, pile weight, pile density, pile pull out strength, pile
height was due to difference in techniques, designs and yarns used to develop various diversified
products. Colour fastness to shampooing for change of shades of 8 out of 10 developed products was
‘good to excellent’.
 
Date 2016-08-09T11:18:40Z
2016-08-09T11:18:40Z
2012
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/71696
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CCSHAU