Straw / Milliners Hand Sewing Needles

Crafty Milliners Straw Needles

These ‘Milliners’ 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.

Milliner Needles… also known as Straw Needles have a sharp point and are long thin needles with very little expansion at the eye. Popular for Embroidery work when working with close weave cloth or deep hoops. However, these needles are most commonly used for Basting, Pleating and Millinery work. They are extremely useful in making bullion knots since they are straight up and down and do not get fatter at the eye, thus making them easier to pull through a bullion knot.

There are 2 pack options of Milliner 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 Milliner Straw 3/9 (x16)

This pack has 16 Milliners 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 Milliners Needles.

Typically, the needle length range of the pack is between = 44mm to 58mm

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

Smallest to largest elongated eye diameter is between = 0.28mm to 0.48mm

Length of eye elongation (smallest to largest) = 0.80mm to 1.50mm

#2 Milliner Straw 5/10 (x16)

This pack has 16 Milliners 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 more of the smallest size Milliners Needles.

Typically, the needle length range of the pack is between = 36mm to 52mm

The diameter of the needles (thickness) ranges between = 0.50mm to 0.65mm

Smallest to largest elongated eye diameter is between = 0.28mm to 0.38mm

Length of eye elongation (smallest to largest) = 0.50mm to 1.00mm