John James Hand Sewing Needles
Various Needles & Sizes (descriptions below)
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Needle Descriptions
Beading
Beading hand sewing needles are very fine, long straight sewing needles with long eyes made from the finest steel wire and are expertly crafted. These hand sewing needles are designed for and are fantastic to use with beads, pearls, sequins and are very useful for threading and stringing pearls.
Milliners\Straw
Milliners needles are sometimes referred to as Straw needles and are traditionally used in hat making. These needles are long with round eyes and are ideal when used in the art of pleating and creating fancy decorative needlework or commonly known as smocking.
Chenille
Chenille sewing needles are large eye needles and are identical to Tapestry or Cross Stitch needle in length and diameter. However, the Chenille point is sharp, rather than blunt, and is used for crewel and ribbon embroidery.
Embroidery
Embroidery sewing needles (aka Crewel Needles) are the same as Sharp Needles with sharp tips. However, they have a long, extra large eye, making threading a lot easier, particularly when using multiple strands of cotton embroidery thread.
Silk Ribbon Embroidery
It is a superb collection of 25 sewing needles including Chenille, Tapestry, Embroidery, and Beading, Milliners, Sharps and Quilting needles, all of which are used in the art of embroidery and embellishing fabrics by using silk ribbons, organza ribbons, beads, sequins, metallic threads, silk threads and stranded cotton
Ball Point Embroidery
Ball Point embroidery needles are a short sewing needle and they have the same diameter as an embroidery needle. However, they have a rounded point. Ball point sewing needles enable the user to embellish pieces of cross stitch or tapestry with beads, sequins and pearls without splitting the fibres of the base canvas.
Sharp Point Bead Embroidery
Short Beading needles have the same diameters of a regular beading sewing needle but are shorter in length and are specially created for beading in mind. This makes the art of attaching beads and embellishing fabrics and garments with additional embroidery so much quicker and allows the sewing needle to pass through the very finest of beads, bugle beads and sequins and then into the fabric with ease.
Heavy Embroidery
Heavy Embroidery needles are not heavy to use. They are the largest needle of the Embroidery sewing needle family, typically they are used when working with twisted yarn in the art of crewel embroidery, for example yarn embroidery on a chunky heavy knit sweater.
Quilting
Quilting sewing needles (aka Betweens Needles) are very short and fine with a round eye. Traditionally, used by tailors and professional sewers, but nowadays commonly used for quilting. The diameter of the needle is the same as a Sharps Needle, except that they are shorter in length, which allows the quilter to create quick and even stitching.
Gold Plated Quilting
Gold Plated Quilting needles are a luxury needle for every fine needle enthusiast, which allows the needle to slip through the fabric beautifully and with ease. Gold plated needles allow less friction and indeed quickens the art of sewing.
Big Eye Quilting
This is a standard Quilting needle with a big eye designed for the ease of threading - a favourite with quilters! This is an essential tool used in quilting.
Sharps
Sharps are mostly commonly used for hand sewing. They have a sharp point and are medium in length (compared to short Quilting Needles). Sharps have a rounded eye, usually large enough to accommodate thread. Size 1 is the longest and thickest, and size 10 is the smallest and thinnest.
Leather
Leather Needles (aka Glovers Needles) are used in all types of leather work including: shoe making/repairs, belts and leather garments. They have a triangular point, which enables them to pierce through tough materials such as leather, suede and vinyl without tearing. Each pack contains 1 needle size 3, 1 needle size 5 and 1 needle size 7.
Knitters
These knitters needles are commonly known as sewing up needles and, as the name suggests, they are used by knitters to sew pieces of work together.
Tapestry
Tapestry Needles (aka Cross Stitch Needles) are a must have for every crafter and sewer. The rounded blunt tip enables the sewing needle to pass and slip between fabrics and yarns without splitting or tearing the fibres. Use them with wool, embroidery soft cotton and stranded cotton, on Single Point Canvas, Double Point Canvas, Aida and open mesh fabric.
Tapestry Petites
Tapestry Petites are part of the tapestry or cross stitch needle family. These needles have a large eye and a blunt round point, but are shorter in length than the ordinary tapestry needle.
Twin Point Quick Stitch
Twin Pointed Quick Stitch hand sewing needles are a revolutionary concept in Tapestry and Cross Stitch. Now you can stitch faster than ever: Using a hands-free frame, keep one hand above your work and one hand below at all times. Stitch straight up and down through your fabric without turning the needle around, looping a thread over a finger if necessary to keep it taut and to prevent twisting. Be sure to hold the needle close to but NOT ON the eye itself.
Gold Plated Cross Stitch
Gold Plated Tapestry (cross stitch) needles are a luxury needle every serious needle enthusiast should own and they make an ideal gift for the discerning sewer. The gold plating allows the needle to slip through the fabric beautifully and with ease.
Household Assorted
An assorted pack of hand sewing needles for general everyday sewing needs. No household should be without this re-useable pack of sewing needles.
Household Repair
An assortment of 5 needles including curved and leather needles, which are suitable for tasks that a normal sewing needle cannot do. This kit contains 5 unique repair needles which are ideal for sewing into difficult and hard to reach areas. These needles truly make difficult tasks much easier.
Long Darners
Long Darners are another form of a darning needle. The extra length and large eyes make them suitable for mending with yarn. However, Long Darners are also a popular needle to use in the soft furnishing and curtain trades. The extra length makes them ideal to use during basting and layering of fabrics together, especially for quilting.
Yarn Darners
Yarn Darners (sometimes called Short Darners in sizes 14-18) are very long hand sewing needles with long eyes and are ideal for spanning large holes during mending, using yarn or cotton. Sizes 14/18 are known as Wool or Yarn Darners and are commonly used in the art of knitting or crocheting to sew pieces of work together.
Cotton Darners
Short Darners are sometimes referred to as Cotton Darners. They are strong hand sewing needles with sharp points and long threading eyes and are commonly used for mending and darning using cotton and yarn.
Bodkin Set
(2 Needles - one standard Bodkin and one flat type threader)
Sewing Bodkins are flat or round and they have large eyes for threading cords, tapes and elastics. This kit contains a flat tape threader and a sewing bodkin. The sewing bodkin features 2 eyes, therefore, it is classes as 2 sewing needles in 1. The smaller threading eye is ideal for thread and the larger eye is more used for tapes, elastics or yarns.
Easy Threading
Easy Threading Sewing Needles (aka Calyx Eye Needles) have a slotted threading eye at the top for thread to pass through. They are designed for people who have difficult threading ordinary sewing needles.
Plastic Sewing Needles
(2 Needles: Either Blue & Red or Pink and Green)
Plastic Sewing Needles are ideal for children to use for many projects. They come in blue and red with large threading eyes for yarn, soft cotton and embroidery sewing thread. The blunt points protect small fingers whilst sewing.
Large Eye Needles
As the name suggests this is a standard primary sewing needle with a large eye designed for the ease of threading, ideal for young teens.
Weaving Needle Set
This kit contains 3 different needles: a flat straight sewing needle, a flat cranked raffia sewing needle and a cranked weaving needle. A cranked needle is also known as a turned up needle. In addition to this, the Bodkin Set is also ideal for threading tapes and elastics.
Threaders
(2 x Threaders)
Every household needs sewing needle Threaders for this occasions when you simply cannot thread a needle - whether its a fine sewing needle or the thread is too chunky for the needle - this is what you need.
Curved Repair Needles
These are also known as Curved Mattress needles, and they are a necessity for every work box, whether you are a general sewer or a crafter. They can be used for general repair and are also great for sewing fabric boxes together and repairing lampshades.
Curved Tapestry Needles
Curved Tapestry needles start off as a straight needle and are curved during the final manufacturing process. They are particularly useful for box making.
Curved Beading Needles
These beading needles are curved rather than straight and are ideal for use in the art of box making and restoration work.
Curved Quilting Needles
Curved Quilting sewing needles are the quilter’s choice when creating fabric boxes. These sewing needles make the application of sewing together pieces of stiffened fabric so much easier and they are kind on the finger too.
Trapunto Needles
Trapunto needles are used in the very specialist art form of Trapunto Needlework, Italian Quilting and 3D stitching projects. This needlework creates a 3D effect using the same colour thread as the background fabric and therefore gives a sophisticated tone on tone look. This kit includes 3 hand sewing needles, all with large eyes for easy threading of even the heaviest of gauge wools. The long, ball pointed sewing needle is ideal for stuffing while the smaller, sharp pointed needles are intended for surface stitching and decorative work.
25 Sewing Needles & Threader
This is a handy kit containing everyday hand sewing needles: sharps, darners, and embroidery + a sewing needle threader.
50 Sewing Needles & Threader
Every sewing box and top drawer should have this sewing needle and needle threader kit. It contains sewing needles for general sewing such as darners and sharps, crafters sewing needles such as tapestry, cross stitch, chenille, betweens and embroidery, and of course a handy sewing needle threader.
30 Sewing Needles Compact
A handy and easy-to-use sewing needle compact. The lid rotates 360 degrees, keeping the sewing needles safe and secure when not in use. From sharps and darners to quilting and tapestry, whatever your preference there’s a hand sewing needle for you.
33 Craft Needle Set
(33 Needles - 7 types of needles in assorted sizes)
Tapestry - size 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24
Embroidery - sizes 3 and 7
Darners - size 18
Betweens - size 7
Chenille, size 20 and 22
Beading size 10
Soft Sculpture
Long sewing needles ideal for use in doll making.
Mattress Repair
Straight Mattress Needles as the name suggests are a straight sewing needle used in upholstery, upholstery restoration and repair. A really useful tool for repairing sofa cushions.
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