Needlwork Needles

Needlework needles come in a sizes, shapes and qualities. Embroidery needles are short, with a long, large eye. Depending on the chosen embroidery technique, the needle has either a blunt or sharp tip. The large eye of the needle allows you to thread strands of varying thickness, and to pass it through fabric by opening the threads of the
weave in order to prevent the embroidery thread from becoming quickly worn out due to friction.

Blunt-tipped tapestry needles. These are specially made for work on loosely woven fabrics or canvas. They are numbered from 13-26, and the higher the number, the shorter and thinner the needle. On very fine
linen fabric, a number 26 needle should be used.

Sharp-tipped embroidery needles. These are numbered 1 through 10. Similarly, the higher number corresponds with a thin needle.
You must adapt the thickness of the needle to the nature of the fabric and the thickness of the thread used.

Beading needles. These are used to sew small loose pearls. They
are very long so that several beads or pearls can be threaded at a time. if needed. Their eye, which is miniscule, allows you to use only
those threads that are thin and somewhat stiff (nylon thread, for example).

Yarn needles. These are pointed, and are equipped with a very long, large eye that has been specially developed for threading thick strands of wool or cotton. The large eye opens the weave of the
fabric and creates an opening that is larger than
the thread used. Thus, the thread does not wear
as you work.

Sewing needles. These remain useful for assembling and com-
pleting the finishing touches of the work. They are available in three types:
• long (for basting or tacking stitches);
• medium (for whipping stitches as well as for
hems);
• short (for seams).
They are pointed, with a small round eye, and are numbered 1 through 12 (the standard numbers are 6. 7, 8. and 9).

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