We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Innovative uses of Goat hair Fibers.
- Authors
Babel, Sudha; Tiwari, Meenaxi; Swami, Priyanka
- Abstract
Goat hair or fleece is most important of specialty fibre. To achieve objectives of the present study it was carried out in three stages. The first stages included collection of information related to present utilization pattern of Goat hair and parallel preference for to be developed value added articles with macramé knot and third stage was evaluation of value added articles. The study was carried out in Bikaner district information about utilization pattern of goat hair was collected from 30 goat keepers as they are using it. Preference for to be developed value added articles was taken from same 30 goat keepers and 30 handicraft persons as they have wider knowledge about handicraft and present demand. By the scoring and ranking method top 10 ranked articles were selected, these were belt, bottle cover, festoon, jhula, key ring, magazine holder, pot holder, telephone mat and wall hangings. In second stage the ten article were developed by researcher using macramé knot and under third stage the assessment of consumer preferences for developed value added articles was made by 90 sample subjects. The 90 respondents were 30 goat keepers, 30 handicraft persons and 30 consumers. 5 point rating scale Performa was administered to 90 respondents for this purpose. In terms of their preference percentage all articles ranged between 70 percent to more than 90 percent. Thus it is concluded that developed articles by the use of goat hair and macramé knot found totally a unique and innovative idea by all the respondents.
- Subjects
TEXTILE fibers; FLEECE (Textile); GOATS; MACRAME; ANIMAL fibers; WALL hangings; CONSUMER preferences; CREATIVE ability
- Publication
Man-Made Textiles in India, 2014, Vol 42, Issue 10, p371
- ISSN
0377-7537
- Publication type
Article