I’m a front-end developer and knitter. Earlier this year, Facebook + collaborators released a new package manager called “Yarn” — with it the tech community discovered there was no yarn emoji:

So it occurred to me — why not see how to get it added? I started looking into the process for proposing a new emoji character, and as I began writing it and examining the  existing suite of characters, I realized how lacking it is in the crafting/arts/handmade area. So I thought, let’s do it. Now, I’m finishing up the proposal draft and need your help!

I think it’s fun. If you think the extremely limited suite of crafting emoji should be expanded to include yarn (representing knitting, crochet and fiber arts far and wide), please support on Twitter or Instagram (whichever you use — or both!) to help me demonstrate demand.

Twitter: retweet/like the tweet below!

Instagram: like/comment on the insta post below!

Knitters, crocheters, fiber artists all — I’m working on something and I need your help! I'm petitioning the “keepers of the (emoji) keys” to officially add a #yarnemoji, but I can't do it without you. Like this post, tag your friends and #regram it to show the powers that be that we need yarn (even in emoji form!). Visit yarnemoji.com to learn more!

A post shared by Amberley (@amberleyjohanna) on Dec 15, 2016 at 7:09am PST

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