Pruthi, NeelamMukesh Rani2016-11-082016-11-082011http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/84481The present study was planned for diversified use of sheep wool in Haryana by developing various products. To achieve the objectives, list of thirteen products requiring insulation characteristics and their design were prepared. Two designs of top seven products selected for development were: curd vessel cover, chapatti box cover, lunch box cover, water bottle cover, baby feeder cover, baby quilt and assan as per experts preference as a result fourteen products were planned for development. Two production techniques i.e. wool as tufting and blanket fabric as an interlining was suggested for covers where as direct blanket fabric was suggested for assan. Paper patterns were developed for the products as per their design and the size of the container. To finalize the production technique water bottle cover, lunch box cover and baby feeder cover were selected. All the three covers were made by both the suggested production techniques. Insulation characteristics of developed covers were analyzed and compared with that of ready- made covers procured from the market. Selfmade covers provided better insulation characteristics than ready- made covers in both the condition i.e. higher to low and lower to high temperature. It was further analyzed that the products made by tufting technique had better insulation properties and were light in weight than products made by interlining of blanket fabric. Hence tufting technique was used to prepare the planned covers and baby quilt where as blanket fabric was used for assan. Blend of wool and poly fibres (50:50) were recommended for tufting of baby quilt due to its highest thermal properties. The developed products were shown to the 60 selected respondents assess their acceptability. Developed products accepted in descending rank order were: lunch box cover, curd vessel cover, water bottle cover, chapatti box cover, baby quilt,, baby feeder cover and assan. Important reasons found for their acceptance was that ‘ it will be easy to carry lunch box or any bottle used for carrying liquid to work place or while travelling’, ‘the products will help to maintain the temperature of food items for longer period’, ‘the shape and size of the product can be changed according to the container’ and so on. The paper patterns were graded to three sizes for mass application.enSowing, Vegetative propagation, Germinability, Biological development, Biological phenomena, Drying, Developmental stages, Genetics, Altitude, BiomassThesis