Embroidery Hand Sewing Needles

Crafty Embroidery or Cross Stitch Needles

These Embroidery needles are made from high quality hardened steel and nickel plated for a super smooth finish. They are packed in a reusable plastic sticking holder to keep them all aligned and placed in a kraft brown envelope wallet (100 x 65mm). There are 16 needles in each pack size.

Embroidery Needles are also known as Crewel Needles and their unique identity is that they have a longer elongated eye than most other needles to enable easier threading of multiple embroidery threads and thicker yarns.

There are 4 pack options of Embroidery Needles in this listing to offer a variety of size choices. 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 Embroidery Size 3/9 (x16)

This pack has 16 Embroidery needles ranging from size 3 to 9. In this needle class a size 3 needle is thicker and longer than a size 9 so effectively this pack contains more of the largest size Embroidery Needles.

Typically, the needle length range of the pack is between = 35mm to 45mm

The diameter of the needles (thickness) ranges between = 0.55mm to 0.85mm

Smallest to largest elongated eye diameter is between = 0.25mm to 0.45mm

Length of eye elongation (smallest to largest) = 2.50mm to 4.00mm

#2 Embroidery Size 5/10 (x16)

This pack has 16 Embroidery needles ranging from size 5 to 10. In this needle class a size 5 needle is thicker and longer than a size 10 so effectively this pack contains an even mix of the mid-size range of Embroidery Needles.

Typically, the needle length range of the pack is between = 32mm to 42mm

The diameter of the needles (thickness) ranges between = 0.40mm to 0.75mm

Smallest to largest elongated eye diameter is between = 0.25mm to 0.40mm

Length of eye elongation (smallest to largest) = 2.00mm to 3.00mm

#3 Embroidery Size 7 (x16)

This pack contains all 16 Embroidery needles in size 7. In this needle class a size 7 needle is classed as a medium size needle and is probably the most popular sized needle used across a wide range of Embroidery projects.

Typically, the needle length of the pack = 38mm

The diameter of the needles (thickness) = 0.65mm

Elongated eye diameter = 0.35mm

Length of eye elongation = 2.50mm

#4 Embroidery Size 8 (x16)

This pack contains all 16 Embroidery needles in size 8. In this needle class a size 8 needle is classed as a small size needle and is used for fine detailed stitching in close weaved Embroidery cloths.

Typically, the needle length of the pack = 35mm

The diameter of the needles (thickness) = 0.50mm

Elongated eye diameter = 0.32mm

Length of eye elongation = 2.00mm