Sewing World

Needles

Blue Tip Needles	A Janome specific needle, the Blue Tip has a unique design with a pierce point plus a slightly longer than normal scarf to cure skipped stitches and puckering in any problem fabric especially synthetics.
Red Tip Needles	The Red Tip needle has been designed to penetrate fabric easily and effectively prevents thread breakage and skipped stitches when embroidering dense designs.
Universal Needles	For all general sewing of most woven and knit materials. For use in all household sewing machine brands and types for which needles with a flat shank are required.
Ball Point Needles	Also known as Jersey Needles. Made especially for sewing on knits. The medium ball does not damage or break knitted fivers. Use with knits and some stretch fabrics.
Denim Needles	The modified medium ball point and a reinforced blade makes this needle perfect for penetrating extra thick woven fabrics, denims, imitation leather or quilts with minimum deflection and reduced risk of damaged fabric and skipped stitches.
Double Denim Needles	For jeans and similar densely woven materials. Constructed with two needles from a cross bar from a single shaft. Sews two rows of stitching at the same time.
Embroidery Needles (Machine)	The special scarf, long smooth groove, and enlarged eye protect fragile threads and guard against excess friction allowing trouble-free embroidery. For use with rayon and specialty machine embroidery thread.
Double Machine Embroidery Needles	For use with rayon and specialty machine embroidery thread. Constructed with two needles on a cross bar from a single shaft. Sews two rows of decorative stitching at the same time.
Gold Titanium Embroidery Needles	Slightly rounded point for embroidery on most fabrics. Enlarged eye accommodates special application threads. Titanium Nitride ceramic coating improves needle wear resistance in high stitch count applications and penetration of coarse or densely woven materials.
Hemstitch Needles	The wing on each side of the needle creates decorative open work on light or medium weight woven fabrics. Use for heirloom sewing and decorative cutwork.
Double Hemstitch Needles	One wing needle and one regular needle on a cross bar from a single shaft. For decorative stitching on tightly woven fabrics.
Leather Needles	The cutting point allows perfect penetration of leather, artificial leather, and similar materials. Do not use on knit or woven fabrics.
Metallic Needles	A "must have" for sewing with sensitive metallic threads. The elongated eye prevents shredding and breaking of metallic threads.
Double Metallic Needles	Provides trouble-free sewing with metallic threads. It has a large eye to make threading easier. It also has a large groove to prevent shredding of the delicate metallic threads during stitch formation. Constructed with two needles on a cross bar from a single shaft. Sews two rows of decorative stitching at the same time.
Microtex (Sharp) Needles	The very slim acute point perfectly pierces fine densely woven microfiber fabrics and synthetic leather. Creates beautiful topstitching and edge stitching on silk and microfiber fabrics.
Overlock Needles	Has a sharp point for all fabrics. Choose system recommended by machine manufacturer.
ELx705 Needles	This needle is designed for use in electronic multi-purpose sergers that do the overlock, cover, safety, and mock safety stitches. Not suitable for use in normal home sewing machines or embroidery machines. Machines should specify Elx705 system.
Quick-Threading (Handicap) Needles	This is a Universal Needle with a small slip-in threading slot in the eye to make threading effortless. These needles are also commonly referred to as Handicap Needles.
Quilting Needles	The slim acute point and tapered tip perfectly pierces tightly woven quilt fabrics. Prevents damage to the sensitive, expensive materials used in quilting. Made for piecing and machine quilting.
Stretch Needles	The medium ball point, specially designed eye, and scarf help reduce skipped stitches on synthetic suedes, elastic knitwear, and stretch fabrics. The special construction prevents skipped stitches.
Topstitch Needles	An extra sharp needle with an extra large eye and a large groove to accommodate topstitch thread. Should be used where a larger eye size is beneficial. The very long eye makes this needle perfect for all types of decorative sewing when using heavy or multiple threads.
Twin Needles	Constructed with two needles on a cross bar from a single shaft. Can be used with zig zag sewing machines that thread front to back. Sews two rows of stitching at the same time.
Twin Stretch Needles	For synthetic suedes and elastic knitwear. Constructed with two needles on a cross bar from a single shaft. Sews two rows of decorative stitching at the same time.
Triple Needles	Constructed with three needles on a cross bar from a single shaft. Sews three rows of decorative stitching at the same time.