Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Iramma V Goudar and Sadhana D Kulloli

Abstract:
Stalks of flax varieties collected from AICRP, MULLARP Scheme, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad were retted in water, chemical and enzymatic retting methods for extraction of fibre. The extracted fibres were assessed for quantitative and qualitative parameters viz., fibre yield, fibre length, microscopic appearance and fibre solubility in different chemicals. The extracted fibre was scoured and bleached and blended with cotton in three proportions viz., 40:60, 30:70 and 20:80 on ring frame to obtain blended yarns with cent percent flax and cotton for comparison. The blended yarns were assessed for yarn count, twist, yarn evenness, hairiness percentage and yarn strength. The results of the study revealed that, urea retting method yielded higher percentage of fibres, enzyme retted fibres gave longer length of the fibre, whereas water retted fibre yielded higher strength fibre. The 30:70and 20:80 flax /cotton blended yarn showed better yarn properties viz., yarn count, twist, yarn evenness, hairiness percentage and yarn strength compared to 40:60 flax /cotton blended yarn. Cent percent cotton and flax yarn showed better strength and lowest hairiness percentage compared to blended yarns.