Overview Needles

Illustration

Needle Name

Needle Description

Purpose

Universal Needle

130/705 H 70-110

With a slightly rounded point.

For woven fabrics (light, medium, heavy-weight), knitwear, leather, vinyl, jeans/denim. For natural and synthetic fabrics.

Stretch Needle

130/705 H-S

75/11 – 90/14

With a medium ball point.

For knitwear (jersey, tricot, knit and stretch material).

For general sewing, sewing on buttons and buttonholes, zippers, hems and topstitching, decorative sewing, embroidery.

Jersey/Embroidery Needle

130/705 H SUK

80/12

With a medium ball point.

For woven fabrics (light, medium, heavy-weight), knitwear, vinyl.

For general sewing, sewing on buttons and buttonholes, zippers, hems and topstitching, decorative sewing, embroidery.

Jeans Needle

130/705 H-J

80/12 – 110/18

With a slim sharp point.

Woven fabrics (light, medium, heavy-weight), leather, jeans/denim.

For general sewing, sewing on buttons and buttonholes, zippers, hems and topstitching, decorative sewing, embroidery, patchwork, quilting.

Leather Needle

130/705 H LR

90/14, 100/16

With cutting tip.

For leather, imitation leather and similar materials.

For zippers, hems and topstitching, materials that tend to stick.

Sharp Microtex Needle

130/705 H-M

70/10 - 110/18

With a very slim sharp point.

For woven fabrics (light, medium, heavy), plastics, materials that are difficult to glide such as silk, microfiber fabrics, vinyl, coated materials.

For general sewing, sewing on buttons and buttonholes, zips, hems and topstitching and decorative sewing. For straight stitches when topstitching edges.

Quilting Needle

130/705 H-Q

75/11 – 90/14

With a very slim, slightly rounded point.

For woven fabrics (light, medium and heavy-weight).

Decorative sewing, patchwork, quilting. For stitching/topstitching tasks, such as quilting and patchwork.

Embroidery Needle

130/705 H-E

75/11 – 90/14

With a light ball point and a particularly wide eye and wide groove.

For woven fabrics (light, medium, heavy-weight), knitwear. For thicker threads.

For general sewing, sewing on buttons and buttonholes, zippers, hems and topstitching, decorative sewing, embroidery.

Fine Fabrics Needle

130/705 H SES

70/10 – 90/14

With a light ball point.

For fine, delicate materials, such as velvet.

For general sewing, sewing on buttons and buttonholes, zippers, hems and topstitching, decorative sewing, embroidery, patchwork, quilting.

Metafil Needle

130/705 H METAFIL

80/12

With medium ball point and long eye (2 mm).

For woven fabrics (light, medium, heavy-weight), knitwear. For sewing with special effects and fancy threads, especially metallic threads.

For embroidery with metallic thread. For hems and topstitching, decorative sewing and embroidery.

Topstitch Needle

130/705 H-N

80/12 – 100/16

With medium ball point and long eye (2 mm).

For woven fabrics (light, medium and heavy-weight).

For hems and topstitching, decorative sewing and embroidery. For decorative and quilting work with several sewing threads and also for embroidery.

Hemstitch Needle

130/705 H-M WING 100-110

With a very slim sharp point.

For woven fabrics (light, medium and heavy-weight). For special effects in decorative sewing and embroidery with hemstitching.

Universal Twin Needle

130/705 H ZWI

70-100

Needle distance: 1.0/ 1.6/ 2.0/ 2.5/ 3.0/ 4.0/ 6.0/ 8.0

For visible hems in stretch fabrics, pintucks, decorative sewing.

Stretch Twin Needle

130/705 H-S ZWI

75

Needle distance: 2.5/ 4.0

For visible hems in stretch fabrics, pintucks, decorative sewing.

Hemstitch Twin Needle

130/705 H ZWIHO

100

Needle distance: 2.5

For special effects with hemstitch embroidery.

Universal Triple Needle

130/705 H DRI

80

Needle distance: 3.0

To create a triple quilting row effect or for decorative effects.