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This page is to help you decide on what needle you need
for what job but unsure as to which type to buy.
The first sewing needles were made from bone and wood and were used to sew animal hides together. The oldest known bone sewing needle was found in what is now southwestern France and has been estimated to be over 25,000 years old.
Needles have also been found to be made from from copper, silver and bronze also porcupine and agave leaves. Now adays they are made from steel.
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A Wikipedia link if you want to read more on the history of the sewing needle
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name |
what they are like |
usual size |
used for |
NEEDLES |
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| assorted | an assortment of needle types & sizes | various |
general purpose & specialised needs |
| ballpoints | have a rounded point | 5-10 |
used for knitted fabrics. |
| beading | very, very fine and long with narrow eye | 10-15 |
for attaching beads and sequins |
| betweens | short with small round eye | 7-12 |
for fine stitching on heavy fabric and quilting |
| bodkin | long & thick with ballpoint end and large elongated eye often flat | do not come in set sizes |
threading elastic, ribbon, tape through casing |
| chenille | large, long eyes with very sharp point | 13-26 |
good for tight weave and ribbon work |
| crewel | like sharps but with larger longer eye to accomadate thicker threads & fine wools | 7-9 |
for crewel style embroidery using fine wools |
| cross stitch | large eye blunt tips | 13-28 |
for cross stitch & tapestry so not to split threads |
| darning | are long and have large eye for wool and thicker threads | 1-18 |
primarily for mending and darning |
| doll | long and thin | 2.5 to 7 inches |
for going through thick layers of wadding for doll and teddy makers |
| embroidery | have a long eye | 1-10 |
general embroidery work with embroidery threads |
| gold eye | the eye of needles coated in gold plate | -- |
makes threading the needle much easier specially when small eye |
| gold plated | needles coated in gold plate | -- |
easy gliding through fabric with no friction |
| huck or sometimes refered to as weaving needles | have a slight rounded curved tip to scoop up fabric and large eyes | -- |
Used for doing huck embroidery or often known as Swedish Weaving or darning. |
| leather | very sharp triangle tip to pierce fabric without tearing | 3-10 |
stitiching leather, suede, vinyl, PVC |
| mattress | long & thick large eye | 3-12 inches |
to go through the many layers of a mattress |
| miliners | round eye sharp point longer than sharps | 3-9 |
milinary & basting & pleating |
| platinum plated | coated in platinum | -- |
easy gliding through fabric with no friction |
| self-threading | have slot instead of eye that you push thread through usually like sharps | sized 3-9 |
for everyday sewing |
| sharps | have round eye and sharp point & medium length | generally sized 3-9 |
for everyday sewing |
| tapestry | slightly blunt end and long elongated eye | 13-28 |
tapestry work, canvas and cross stitch. Also ideal for quite open weave fabrics. |
| upholstery | usually thick and curved, semi circular & with sharp point. Also some are long & strong | 3-6 inches |
strong but still flexible to go through the layers of uphostery |
| yarn | long and often quite thick | 14-18 |
for stitching thicker wools and yarn |
| SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES | |||
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The needles that will be sold on this site will be suitable for sewing machine including: Bernina, Bernette, Brother, Elna, Husqvarna,Janome, New Home, Pfaff, Simplicity,Singer, Toyota, Viking etc. Machine system sizing: 130/705H, 15X1, HAX1 |
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There are 9 sizes of sewing machine needles and American sizing is different from European sizing. American 8 is the lightest and 19 the heaviest (8,9,10,11,12,14,16,18,19)European 60 is the lightest and 120 the heaviest (60,65,70,75,80,90,100,110,120) The higher the number the thicker the diameter of the shaft above the eye |
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