Diversification of hand made carpets of Panipat
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Diversification of hand made carpets of Panipat
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Saroj Bala
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Punia, Purveen
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Diversification, Handmade, Attributes
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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’. |
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2016-08-09T11:18:40Z
2016-08-09T11:18:40Z 2012 |
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Thesis
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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/71696
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en
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application/pdf
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CCSHAU
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