What does 🧶 Yarn mean?
A ball of yarn, ready for knitting or crochet. It is used for fibre crafts – scarves, blankets, amigurumi and cosy jumpers – and by crafters sharing projects in progress. It can also suggest a long, winding story, since to “spin a yarn” means to tell a tale, and cat lovers use it for playful kittens chasing wool.
🧶 Yarn is an emoji from the Activities category (arts & crafts), added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. People use it in messages about ball, crochet and knit.
Example messages
🧶 Yarn on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Yarn looks on each platform.
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Yarn emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Yarn emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🧶 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :yarn:.
When was the Yarn emoji added?
🧶 Yarn was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🧶 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Yarn. The underlying code (U+1F9F6) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.