Development of training module for the problems of carpet weavers of pithoragarh and creation of carpet designs through CAD
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2008-08
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G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand)
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The tradition of carpet weaving in India is centuries old. The origin of carpet weaving in India goes to 16th century. The Mughals brought Persian weavers to India and learned the Persian technique of carpet weaving from them. The word carpet is a thick fabric used for spreading on floor or stairs, made commonly of wool, frequently patterned in colours and made by knotting short length of weft threads during weaving. Major carpet production centres of Uttarakhand are Dehradun, Pithoragarh, Almora, Bagheshwar etc. Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) was selected as locale of the study because carpet weaving is more concentrated here as compared to other centres because a large number of Bhotia people are living here. They have inherent talent of knotting of carpets which is passed through generations. These carpets are limited to the state market only because weavers were not having knowledge about the carpet finishing. Moreover, they were following the same carpet designs since many generations. Therefore, training module was developed and training was imparted to the carpet weavers of Pithoragarh. 90% weavers were found to be interested in adopting the training regarding carpet finishing. Major objective of the training was to develop the carpet finishing skills in the carpet weavers. The content areas of the training were finishing of loose warp ends, clipping of piles, binding of carpets and moth proofing. As carpet weavers were following the same designs since generations, they were encouraged to create new designs. Thirty five carpet designs were developed by researcher using Corel Draw 12 software. These designs were visually evaluated by the thirty respondents. Design no. 34, 33 and 9 were adjudged as 1st, 2nd and 3rd best designs among all the carpet designs. Samples of three best selected designs were also got prepared from weavers. These designs were shown to the weavers to make them aware of new carpet designs. Weavers were encouraged to create and practice new carpet designs. From the results obtained in the present study, it can be concluded that after development of training module and imparting training to the carpet weavers, the carpet weavers learned and adopted the carpet finishing skills. Thus, the quality in terms of finishing and overall appearance will be improved in future after application of these skills. Carpet weavers were also made aware about the importance of new carpet designs in order to enhance the beauty of the carpets.
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