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This article is about the fibre product. For the type of joke, see Shaggy dog story. For the computing resource-management platform, see Hadoop. For the package manager, see Yarn (package manager). For the music group, see Yarn (music group).

An assortment of different colored yarns.

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking.^[1] Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufactured sewing threads may be finished with wax or other lubricants to withstand the stresses involved in sewing.^[2] Embroidery threads are yarns specifically designed for needleworkYarn

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This article is about the fibre product. For the type of joke, see Shaggy dog story. For the computing resource-management platform, see Hadoop. For the package manager, see Yarn (package manager). For the music group, see Yarn (music group).

An assortment of different colored yarns.

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking.^[1] Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufactured sewing threads may be finished with wax or other lubricants to withstand the stresses involved in sewing.^[2] Embroidery threads are yarns specifically designed for needlework