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!