Abstract: Section-dyed yarn, as one main type of the commonly used fancy yarn, endows its knitwear delicate effects with rich colors vary, making knitwear more diverse and plentiful. Knowing knitted fabric style of each type of section-dyed yarn is of great importance for design and development of knitwear.Based on the characteristics of section-dyed yarn, combined with their production methods as well as dying techniques, the paper discussed the appearance effect and features of various typical types of section-dyed yarn.

Key words: section-dyed yarn; knitwear; appearance effect; fancy yarn; texture; stitch structure