braden Report post Posted February 17, 2014 hi guys, i am working through my first project where i'm doing a good amount of hand-stitching. the stitching is turning out nicely; i don't really have any problems there. however... i did have quite a bit of trouble in the beginning with the 'stitching needles' i got from tandy (linked below). they're much, much too big and i snapped 8 needles (8 needles to do about 12 stitches!) before giving up on them. http://www.tandyleat...g/1195-033.aspx i went to fabricland (which is a fabric and sewing supply store here in canada) and bought a few packs of needles in the hopes of finding a good size. luckily i did find one (shown in attached image) that is a better size for what i'm doing. using these needles i did about a hundred saddle stitches without any trouble. problem is: i don't really know what size/type of needle i've got! based on the packaging i would guess the pack i bought has needles in sizes 3-9 (and probably i was using a size 3) but not sure. can anyone take a guess at what size/type of needle i've picked? and also i've you could share a supplier for quality needles? i don't really want to keep buying these 'variety packs' of needles when i really only want the one size. thanks a lot! braden Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chief31794 Report post Posted February 17, 2014 You want to buy harness needles, they are available from many sources, Springfield Leather is where I get mine, but I do a lot of heavy stitching, They only have three sizes, some others have some smaller ones, but I like the heavy ones. This was discussed recently so a search for harness needles will turn up that post and there are several suggestions there for sources of varying sizes. Chief Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
electrathon Report post Posted February 17, 2014 Just as Chief said, harness needles. Big eye needles break constantly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
braden Report post Posted February 17, 2014 thanks chief. i did a search and found other threads dicussing the john james harness needless as well as different sizes. there is also a link to a vendor http://www.fineleatherworking.com/ that sells these needles and will ship to canada (very nice 'needles only option') for $6.00. thanks again for your help and suggestion! braden Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
