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Related Keywords: design motifs for textile, design software, helping traditional Patola weavers, Ikat weavers, Indian apparel sector, Professor Wendy Weiss, ProWeave programme, textile design expert, translate designs into traditional patterns, weave structure software

A textile design expert Professor Wendy Weiss from Nebraska, USA is helping traditional Patola or Ikat weavers of Somasar village in Surendranagar to design motifs for textile through a design software that translates designs into traditional patterns.

Ikat is a traditional form of yarn preparation for weaving by dying it, weaving, preparing warp or weft threads and binding. Patola textile has a big market outside the state and also abroad.

Related Keywords: cotton yarn, export products, export promotion, global market, Indian apparel sector, Lycra, revised duty drawback rate, Texprocil, Textile exporters

The government has notified new duty drawback rates which will boost the overall perception of Indian apparel sector and raise competitiveness in the global market. A separate entry has been created to distinguish certain export products such as cotton yarn of less than 50 counts or 50 or more counts; core spun cotton yarn containing three per cent or more of lycra /spandex/elastane, cotton blankets and flame-retardant fabrics based on their increasing international demand.