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yarn

[yahrn] / yɑrn /
NOUN
fiber for knitting
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Lookout Hill: Yarn and Art Supplies – I passed this shop a few times and couldn’t get over how charming it looked.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The tank is on show at Victoria shopping centre from Saturday until 2 November, and the Longest Yarn between 2-28 October.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

In 2014, women got out their knitting needles and started the Yarn Mission after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2021

With most stores offering free weekly knitting groups, the Yarn Crawl is the perfect opportunity to find a compatible community of knitters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2020

Yarn puddles all over the floor until all that is left are a few round, fuzzy balls with strange names like Pluto, Strawberry, and Bluebeard.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na




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