Yarn
A ball of yarn — the soft material for knitting, crocheting, and crafting cozy handmade items.
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About Yarn 🧶
The Yarn emoji (🧶) is a versatile Unicode character used across all major platforms and devices.
The 🧶 emoji may appear differently across platforms — Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, and other vendors each design their own version. Apple tends toward photorealistic renders, Google uses a rounded, friendly style, and Microsoft often opts for flat, minimalist designs. Despite visual differences, the underlying Unicode character (U+1F9F6) ensures the same emoji is sent and received regardless of device. When choosing this emoji for professional communication, be aware that the recipient may see a slightly different design than what you see on your screen.
Common shortcodes for this emoji include `:yarn:`, which work on platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub. This emoji was assigned the Unicode code point U+1F9F6 and is part of the "Clothing & Accessories" group. Related search terms include knitting, crochet, craft, wool, handmade. To use this emoji in HTML, insert the entity 🧶, or in CSS use content: "\1F9F6". For maximum compatibility, always copy the emoji character directly rather than relying on shortcodes, as shortcode support varies by platform.
Technical Details
| Emoji | 🧶 |
| Name | Yarn |
| Unicode | U+1F9F6 |
| Category | Clothing & Accessories |
| HTML Entity | 🧶 |
| CSS Code | \1F9F6 |
| Shortcodes | :yarn: |