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yarn

long continuous length of interlocked fibers
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yarn

Summary

yarn ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,080 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • yarn is made of fiber[2].
  • yarn is a type of textile[3].
  • yarn is a type of cord[4].
  • yarn is used for knitting[5].
  • yarn is used for crocheting[6].
  • yarn is used for weaving[7].
  • yarn is used for braiding[8].
  • yarn is used for embroidery[9].
  • yarn is used for sewing[10].
  • yarn's Commons category is recorded as Yarn[11].
  • yarn's Unicode character is recorded as ๐Ÿงถ[12].
  • yarn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yarn[13].
  • yarn's Commons gallery is recorded as Yarn[14].
  • yarn's described by source is recorded as Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles[15].
  • yarn's described by source is recorded as Kazakhstan Encyclopedia[16].
  • yarn's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopรฆdia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17].
  • yarn's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[18].
  • yarn's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885โ€“1890)[19].
  • yarn's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • yarn's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • yarn's partially coincident with is recorded as string[22].
  • yarn's different from is recorded as Fil[23].
  • yarn's fabrication method is recorded as spinning[24].
  • yarn's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Craft[25].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include textile[3] and cord[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include knitting[5], crocheting[6], weaving[7], braiding[8], embroidery[9], and sewing[10].

Why It Matters

yarn ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,080 views/month).[1] yarn has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] yarn is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] โ†‘ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] โ†‘ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] โ†‘ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] โ†‘ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] โ†‘ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] โ†‘ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] โ†‘ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] โ†‘ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] โ†‘ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago ยท Twofivesixbot bot ยท 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata โ†—
    Fabrication method โ†’ spinning
    Made from material โ†’ fiber
    Different from โ†’ Fil
    Subclass of โ†’ โ€”
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15828, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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