Abstract:
Different varieties of silk and wool-silk blended yarns are used for producing value added handloom fabrics.
In all the cases cotton is used as warp yarn. Cotton x wool-silk is capable of giving maximum thermal
insulation property followed by cotton x eri. On the other hand cotton x eri produce lowest drape coefficient
i.e. highest drapability. The dyed silk yarns exhibit good to excellent colour fastness to washing, rubbing
and very good light fastness properties
