A sewing needle and thread, used for sewing or stitching. Emoji

Activities

A silver-colored sewing needle with a long, vibrant thread trailing through its eye. It shows the sharp tip of the needle mid-action, ready to pierce fabric for repair or creation.

Usage Context

Used to talk about mending clothes, quilting, or general craft projects. It frequently appears in discussions about tailoring or fashion design and is often used alongside 🧵 when discussing knitting or textile arts.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0, the needle and thread was introduced to fill a gap in the representation of hobbyist and trade-based crafts, which had become increasingly popular in online DIY communities.

Details

Glyph

🪡

Unicode

U+1FAA1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faa1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEA1;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Activities

Subcategory arts & crafts

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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