To reduce the sliding resistance, and to improve the sealing property by combining a tape of expanded graphite and a fiber to be impregnated with the lubricant, and covering the periphery thereof with a reinforcing fiber.

A tape 1 of expanded graphite and a carbon fiber 2 as a fiber to be impregnated with lubricant are overlapped with each other, and the periphery thereof is covered with a bag of stainless steel 3 so as to obtain a knitting yarn 4 for gland packing. Since the tape 1 of expanded graphite and the fiber 2 to be impregnated with lubricant are combined and the periphery thereof is covered with the reinforcing fiber 3, rebound elasticity is generated in the packing, and furthermore, lubricant holding property is improved. Quantity of the fiber to be impregnated with lubricant is desirably set at 20 wt.% in relation to the cross sectional area of a sheet of expanded graphite. Furthermore, a range at 60 wt.%-120 wt.% is most desirable, and balance between the sealing property, sliding resistance and shape holding property of the packing at a rate in this range is especially excellent.