What needle should I use?

What needle should I use?

Universal Needle: Ideal for most woven fabrics, knits and synthetics the Universal Needle has a slight ball point making it extremely versatile. It works well on most machines and is the most common used needle for synthetic and natural fibres. The finer needles are generally used on lightweight fabrics and the larger sized needles for medium to heavyweight fabrics.

Jeans Needle: Ideally suited for denim fabrics, heavy twill, workwear and densely woven fabrics such as canvus and heavy linens. Engineered with a very sharp point and a stiffer shank to resist needle deflection and allow penetration of dense fabric.

Metallic Needle: Ideal for sewing and embroidery with rayon and metallic threads on woven or knitted fabrics. The Metafil Needle is designed with a very large eye, allowing the threads to feed freely as you sew without splitting, burring or shredding. This needle is also suitable for general purpose sewing giving the added advantage of being easier to thread due to the enlarged eye.

Sharps/Micro Needle:The sharp point of this needle is designed for stitching tightly woven fabrics and is ideal to use with silk, microfibre and other synthetic fabrics. The sharp point will give you a perfect straight stitch, making it an ideal needle for topstitching and patchwork.

Quilting Needle: Ideal for piecing and quilting layers of cotton fabrics with batting, a strengthened shaft also helps to reduce needle deflections as the needle penetrates multiple layers of fabric.

Leather Needle: The leather needle has a cutting point and is used for sewing leather, suedes and difficult to sew projects. It is often referred to as a chisel point needle as the point resembles and acts like a chisel in motion. Do not use with Ultra Suede or textiles.

Embroidery Needle: The embroidery needle is specially designed for machine embroidery using Rayon, Polyester or Cotton machine embroidery threads. This needle features a wide hole to allow the thread to pass freely. Another feature is a pontoon scarf with oversize bump to reduce the chance of skipped stitches which can result when fabric is flexing up and down rapdily with the fast moving needle.

Twin Needle: The twin needle is used for pratical and decorative sewing as pintucks, seam finishes, topstitching etc. The size of the needle is measured in mm from tip to tip (2mm needle has a 2mm space between the points).

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