Special Purpose NEEDLES

It seems that no matter how many different types of needles we offer, there are still more out there that you say you need. Well, here they are! Largely by customer demand.

NEEDLES FOR STRINGING

Japanese BEAD THREADERS
These needles have really long eyes, like a big-eye needle, but are WONDERFUL. They are smooth and flexible, yet stiff enough to making picking up beads easy. When you slide beads over the needle, the long eye twists at the very tip, which makes an eye that holds your thread. They come in 3 lengths, and yes, they're more expensive then the conventional "big-eye", but they are so much nicer to use! They are made specially for stringing beads onto knitting or crocheting thread, but you can use them for other stringing as well. Not recommended for beads smaller than a Japanese size 14°/15°.

"BIG EYE" NEEDLES
These needles are extra-long and open up in the middle to form a very long eye. They are good for stringing size 11° and larger beads on thread for crochet, knitting, or strung necklaces, but they're not really recommended for bead weaving.

Size 8° TWISTED WIRE NEEDLES
These needles have a flexible eye which collapses to fit through bead & pearl holes. Wire needles are for BEAD STRINGING, not bead weaving. We have these in 4 sizes, as well as a mixed packaging. The shape of the needle is the same as in the picture. However, they are now packaged in a nice plastic tube, and are more expensive.

"LACE" or "HANKING" NEEDLES
These needles are antique, and extra long! We believe they were used for stringing loose beads into hanks. Some people like them for loomwork because they're so long. The eyes are VERY tiny, not elongated like the eyes in normal beading needles.

BEAD SPINNER
This works almost as well as magic for stringing thousands of beads onto thread for knitting or crocheting. Pour loose beads in the bowl, spin it on the axle, and watch the beads climb up the specially curved needle. The spinner comes with 2 medium needles which will work with size 11° beads

SHORT MULTI-PURPOSE NEEDLES.

"SHARP" Needles
For use in bead embroidery - by customer request! These needles are short, stiff, and sharp!

"BETWEEN" QUILTING NEEDLES
These are very short needles (1'' long) perfect for tying off short threads or for off-loom techniques like Peyote stitch. Use them with modern beads size 10°-14°. If you're not sure what size you need, buy the assortment. If you know you need the thinnest there are, then buy the package of size 12°'s.

MILLINERS' ("Straw") NEEDLES
These are popular for embroidery work with modern beads size 10° through size 14° and Japanese size 15° hex-cuts. Not recommended for antique beads smaller than size 12°. These needles were made specially for sewing woven straw for hats.

NEEDLES FOR LEATHERWORK.

"GLOVERS" Needles
These needles have a three-sided point specially designed for sewing through leather.

NEEDLES FOR KNITTING & CROCHET

TAPESTRY NEEDLES
Tapestry needles look like embroidery needles, but they have a blunted point. They are used for hiding tails in knitting and crochet.

STEEL CROCHET HOOKS
Carol selected Susan Bates brand because she prefers the shape of the hook. All sizes come 1 hook/pkg. Specific size by the stock number. The larger the number, the finer the hook. Carol uses a size 10 hook with size 11° beads and DMC cotton size 8.

KNITTING NEEDLES
These come in sets of five, for circular knitting. Alice Korach uses the size 4 ("0000") in her video. However, she recommends that loose knitters might want to use size 5 (00000) while tight knitters might find size 3 (000) helpful in maintaining proper stitch size. The size 8 (0000 0000) are for knitting with smaller beads, like 14's.