A new approach for jute industry to produce fancy blended yarn for upholstery

961-965This study presents a new approach to make jute based yarn by blending polypropylene in jute (30:70) in jute finisher drawing. Fabric has been made in specially modified handloom. Developed fabric showed higher area density, thickness, and weft crimp, tenacity and rigidity and it was cheap than commercial fabric. It was dimensionally and quality wise stable after wash, and showed no visible deterioration or deformation including surface texture, when used as table cloth and bed cover for two months