To provide a yarn guide apparatus excellent in endurance and enabling prevention of occurrence of fluff and abrasion of knitting needle by fixing a yarn guide member comprising a specific ceramic formed product in the lower part of a supporting member connecting a yarn guide plate to the upper part thereof.

A yarn guide plate 21 equipped with a yarn guide hole 22 is connected to an elliptical connecting hole 23 in the upper part of a supporting member 20 so as to enable positioning and a yarn guide member 30 having yarn guides 34 and 35 and comprising a ceramic formed product containing 80-95 vol.% zirconium oxide, 5-20 vol.% yttrium oxide and further, either one or two or more compounds of calcium carbonate, titanium oxide and iron oxide is fixed to the lower part of the supporting member 20 and the resultant body 40 is connected to a bracket 10 fixing to a knitting part of a knitting machine so as to enable free forward oscillation to provide a yarn guide apparatus A.