Abstract: In recent years, yoga has been ever more popular among women in China, which promotes the rapid development of yoga industry. In order to adapt to the latest trend of yoga industry and knitting technology in China, and satisfy people’s pursuit of functional, fashionable and personalized yoga wear, this paper uses functional nylon as the main raw material combined with other materials to carry out the application and innovation of knitted fabrics for yoga wear. In addition, the technological design of four kinds of knitted yoga wear is introduced, that is, weft-knitted yoga wear, warp-knitted yoga wear, weftknitted seamless yoga wear and warp-knitted seamless yoga wear. And the design principle and function partition design of knitted yoga wear are discussed. Finally, the trend of fashion, function and intelligence of knitted yoga wear is analyzed.

Key words: knitting; yoga wear; nylon; functionality; seamless