Special Yarns
SPECIAL YARANS:
It can be categorized into a long list the most important yarns that are in great deal of use are discussed below:
a- Fancy yarns
b- Metallic yarns
c- Stainless steel yarns
a- FANCY YARNS
There are many types of fancy, novelty and decorative yarns produced for the knitting industry
They can be produced in many ways. Different colored fibers can be blended together then spun as one yarn. Color can be applied by printing or dyeing pattern onto roving or yarn. Spots of colored fiber can be twisted in with the base yarn.
Two or more threads of different, softness, thickness, weight, colors or fiber content can be twisted together. Raised textures can be introduced by controlling the amount and direction of twist. Fancy yarns can be natural or man-made or a combination of both.
Below are illustrated a few of the most popular fancy yarns
BOUCLE, GIMP & LOOP YARNS.
SNARL YARNS.
KNOP OR BUTTON YARNS.
SLUB YARNS.
MARL YARNS.
SPIRAL & CORKSCREW YARNS.
CHENILLE YARNS.
RIBBON YARNS.
1- BOUCLE, GIMP & LOOP YARNS:

These yarns are made by feeding one or more effect yarns
faster than the core yarn while spinning
Boucle has a hard twisted core yarn, the effect yarn is rapidly twisted round the core
so that excess yarn forms an irregular wavy, bumpy surface
Gimp is much the same as boucle, but the excess yarn forms a more regular surface
Loop yarn is the result of the excess soft spun yarn being formed into well shaped circular loops on the hard spun core
2- SNARL YARNS:

Snarl yarns are made in a similar way to loop yarns
Except the effect yarn has a high, lively twist, so that the excess bits snarl and double up on themselves and twist together
(Just like the lengths of cord...
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