Betweens Hand Sewing Needles Size 3

Crafty Quilting Betweens Needles

These ‘Betweens’ needles are made from high quality hardened steel and nickel plated for a super smooth finish. This popular size 3 are packed loose in a kraft brown envelope wallet (100 x 65mm) and there are 20 needles per pack so that you can keep lots of needles loaded with your different colour threads to avoid constant threading of the needle.

Betweens Needles… also known as Quilting Needles. These needles are generally classed as a short needle in their class with a short elongated (more rounded) small eye. These needles are used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics such as in tailoring, quilt making and other detailed handwork.

Needle size is denoted by one or more numbers on the manufacturer's packet. The general convention for sizing of needles is within any given class of needle the length and thickness of a needle increases as the size number decreases. For example, a size 9 needle will be thicker and longer than a size 12 needle. However, the needle sizes are not standardized and so a size 10 of one class may be (and in some cases actually is) either thinner or finer than a size 12 of another type. I think manufacturers do this just to confuse us… so a reminder is that, if you have a size relating to a needle diameter and length in one class of needle – don’t expect it to be the same in another class of needle!

#1 Quilting Betweens Size 3 (x20)

This pack has 20 Betweens needles all in the popular size 3 – In this needle class a size 3 needle is the thicker and longer option of all the needles in the Betweens range.

Typically, the needle length = 38mm

The diameter of the needles (thickness) = 0.85mm

Elongated eye diameter = 0.45mm

Length of eye elongation = 1.50mm