Processing Of Merino Wool For Quality Fabric Gautam Sapna*, Assistant. Professor, Goel Alka**, National Fellow *Department of TAD, COHS,CSK HPKV, Palampur, HP. **Department of C&T,COHS,GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, Uttrakhand Abstract The development of rural enterprise is crucial for the achievement of broader objectives of economic empowerment of rural artisans, including poverty alleviation and the promotion of more democratic and pluralist societies in mountain regions. This could be better achieved through utilizing the locally available resources and adding value for higher remuneration. One such resource easily available in the mountain region is merino wool. With a view to find out an easy method of merino wool processing, studies were made for refinement at yarn and fabric stages to benefit the skilled weavers. The yarn prepared on Bageshwari Charkha was tested for the physical properties viz. yarn count, twist per inch, yarn evenness, yarn strength and elongation. After yarn testing, woven fabric was further tested for various physical properties like fabric count, thickness (mm), drape coefficient (cm2), abrasion loss, bursting strength (kg/cm2) and thermal conductivity (clo). A proper combination of fibre properties with constructional parameters is quite necessary for designing a value added products which eventually finds market, acceptability and as such contributes to the livelihood security of the people of mountain regions. Top |