Asian Journal of Home Science

Anuradha Singh ¹, Suman Pant ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, Banasthali University, Banasthali (Rajasthan), IN

Abstract

Present study was conducted to find out the effect of organic acid on the degumming of oak tassar silk fabric. Degumming of tassar silk fabric was done with tartaric acid, oxalic acid and citric acid at different pH, and for different duration to find out most appropriate conditions for degumming. Selected physical properties of oak tassar silk fabric was evaluated. Tartaric acid was found to give the best result followed by oxalic acid and citric acid for degumming silk. Weight, thickness, per cent drape coefficient and strength of tassar silk fabric increased whereas stiffness of fabric decreased.

Keywords

Degumming, Oak Tassar, Stiffness, Drapability, Strength.

Full Text

     

Rashmi Mishra ¹, Suman Pant ¹

Affiliations
1 Banasthali University, JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN), IN

Abstract

Buying preference of consumers for Kashmiri shawls has been reported in this paper. Study was conducted on hundred consumers. Field survey was carried out in Delhi and Lucknow. Questionnaire was used to collect data. It has been found that consumers want to buy these shawls for quality of material, workmanship, motifs and beautiful colour combination.

Keywords

Consumers, Kashmiri Shawls.

Full Text

     

Suman Pant ¹, Neeta Nagpal ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Clothing and Textiles, Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Banasthali (Rajasthan), IN
2 Department of Home Science, Pt. Chiranji Lal Sharma Government (P.G.) College, Karnal (Haryana), IN

Abstract

Shoddy industry at Panipat is a popular term used for recycling of rags through yarn-making. These rags are imported from western society as they change their wardrobes more frequently as compared to Indian society. The strength of these rags being higher than rags available in India, these are preferred by industrialists. A survey was done in Panipat by the investigator through a questionnaire, circulated among people living in Panipat in three different categories of academic standards that is, under matriculation, graduates and beyond graduation, as null hypothesis that "there was no significant difference between academic standards and responses towards various attributes of the industry" were tested through statistical tests. The results for the same have been analyzed and synthesized through empirical observations and statistical techniques.

Keywords

Shoddy, Attributes, Employability, Eco-Friendly.

Full Text