A ball of yarn, as used to knit a scarf. Color varies across platforms, but often depicted in green, blue, or magenta and shown with an end unraveling. Sometimes depicted with a pair of knitting needles stuck in the ball.
Commonly used for various content concerning knitting and needlework (e.g., sewing, crocheting), clothing and fashion, arts and crafts, cold weather, and cats.
Yarn was approved as part of Unicode 11.0 in 2018 under the name “Ball of Yarn” and added to Emoji 11.0 in 2018.
U+1F9F6
? Ball of yarn