Fine Socks Fair 2025: Huayou Shows 15D–40D Nylon Yarn for Hosiery

Fine Socks Fair 2025: Huayou Shows 15D–40D Nylon Yarn for Hosiery

The International Fashion Fine Socks Purchase Fair, held from 26 to 28 February 2025, is a sourcing event built around a single product: the fine-gauge sock. Zhejiang Huayou Color Spinning Technology Co., Ltd. exhibited with the part of its range that answers that product most directly — nylon yarn from 15D to 40D, in single and two-ply constructions, with a colour card held in stock.

Why fine gauge is a different conversation

A 70D yarn is forgiving. A 20D yarn is not. At fine counts the relationship between filament count, twist and the finished hand of the sock becomes the whole discussion, and buyers arrive with fabric already knitted, asking for a specific drape, opacity and recovery rather than a shade alone.

The company's specification range covers 15D/7F, 15D/12F, 20D/7F, 20D/12F, 30D/12F, 30D/14F, 40D/12F, 40D/14F, 40D/24F and 40D/36F, each in single and two-ply where applicable. Stock positions are concentrated in 70D/24F and 70D/24F/2, with 70D/24F available in black at any time and the full range produced to order on a seven to ten day cycle.

The two enquiries that dominated the stand

The first came from buyers developing sheer and ultra-light socks for warm-climate markets, where 15D and 20D at low filament counts give the transparency the product needs. For these buyers the question was not colour depth but consistency of supply at a fine count, and whether a stock position could be maintained through the season.

The second came from the sports segment. Anti-slip polyester yarn, used on the sole area of sports socks, gloves and knee protectors, was shown with its test data under FZ/T 01054-2012 Method B: a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.78 horizontally and 0.86 vertically before washing, rising to 1.03 and 0.93 after repeated washing. The conclusion recorded in the report is that the grip function is not affected by multiple washes or by soaking in sports perspiration — which is precisely the claim a brand needs before it will specify the yarn.

An order from a sourcing office

A buying office representing a European sock brand placed a trial order of 220 kilograms of 40D/24F dyed yarn in four colours, to be knitted into a capsule range for the coming autumn, together with 150 kilograms of anti-slip polyester yarn for a sports style. Both quantities were below one tonne; both were accepted because the colours sat on the stock card.

That is the commercial pattern the fine-gauge business rewards. Development quantities are small, the number of styles is high, and a supplier who can ship 200 kilograms in a specified shade within two days takes the programme; one who requires a one-tonne minimum per colour does not.

Colour control at fine counts

At 15D to 40D, a shade deviation is more visible in the finished sock than at coarser counts, because there is less yarn to mask it. Dope dyed yarn is coloured by masterbatch, which gives a repeatable result across batches, and each lot is inspected after spinning against the customer's sock sample. For dyed yarn, Huayou separates main and auxiliary batches and advises customers to run a single programme from a single batch.

Next season

The company will exhibit at hosiery sourcing events again in 2026, with an expanded fine-count stock position and the full functional range. Buyers developing fine-gauge programmes are invited to request a colour card and sample set, or to arrange a factory visit in Zhuji, Zhejiang.

Zhejiang Huayou Color Spinning Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise specialising in coloured nylon, holding more than 30 patents. Its predecessor, Yuxin Group, was one of the drafting units for China's national industry standard for coloured nylon.