🧶 Yarn

🧶 Yarn is one of the arts and crafts in Unicode's Activities group. People send it when the subject is ball, crochet and knit.

🧶 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Fantasy and Fairy Tales. It joined the standard with Emoji 11.0 in 2018, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+1F9F6.

• 🧶 on its own already flags the topic: ball.
• Fits messages about ball, crochet and knit.
• Often seen near 🪢 Knot, 🧵 Thread and 🪡 Sewing Needle.

• 🧶🪢 – Yarn and Knot
• 🧶🧵 – Yarn with Thread
• 🧶🖼️ – Yarn plus Framed Picture
• 🧶🪡 – Yarn and Sewing Needle
• 🧶🎨 – Yarn with Artist Palette
• 🧶🎭 – Yarn plus Performing Arts

Easy to mix up with 🪢 Knot, 🧵 Thread or 🪡 Sewing Needle. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.