Tulip Big Eye Bullion Needles-Size Regular (2) & Long (2)

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Personalized Name Seam Ripper, Mother's Day Gift Alloy Sewing Tools, Sewing Supply, Gift for Tailor/Craftsman/Fashion Designer/Mom/Grandma I get my needles from this shop. If you are in the SF bay area, she is in Alameda and does several quilt shows throughout the year. She also offers classes. Tulip needles are made in Japan. They’re called Hiroshima needles. I don’t have any affiliation with the company and I bought my own needles to try, just so I could venture an opinion on them.

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So, that’s something to consider, if you have hand fatigue when you stitch. It could be the effort required by the needle, if the tip isn’t as sharp as it could be and isn’t breaking into the fabric with ease. The whole time I was pursuing these needles, I kept asking myself, “Would they really be that different from other good quality needles?” Bullion Knot Needles | Tulip Hiroshima Japanese Hand Embroidery Needles for Bullion Knots, French Knots - BULLION KNOT It’s not surprising to me that the Japanese needles are superior. About 20 years ago, I donated every pin I had and bought 4 boxes of Japanese pins. No more snagged silk! I still have 1 box unopened.THN-013e - #8 0.61mm x 36.5mm - perfect for sewing relatively thin fabric, such as thin wool and cotton fabric. How do they compare to my other favorite needles, like Bohin? Bohin needles are excellent. And they are much more affordable. You get more needles for a lot less money, and they are good quality needles. It reduces friction significantly and I might have given up on a project I was working on without it. It was an unusual application, a large very detailed printed needlework canvas (Penelope10/20) that I stitched 20 count with 1 strand Paternayan. The paint of the printing clogged half the small holes. There is a fine line between being determined and madness. But I finished it, pre poking the holes and stitching using a chenille needle, periodically dipping the needles in Thread Heaven.

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I’m not making any medical claims here – I’m just giving you something to consider and maybe try, if you have a similar problem.) The UpshotTulip Easy Threading Needles - Instead of threading the eye of the needle, pull the thread through the slot on the head. it passes through without snagging. Mary, I love your newsletter – it’s the first thing I read in the morning! Thanks for all your effort. I love Tulip needle for all the reasons you mentioned. One more thing, the bullion needles are totally amazing and have made a HUGE difference in doing the bullion stitch. No other needle compares! These are the perfect needles and fun to stitch with making beautiful bullion and French knots. The long, straight smooth body is longer than regular needles which makes wrapping your threads around the needle oh so easy. I liked them! But I didn’t know if I liked them because of that one particular size and type of needle (it was a #9 embroidery needle), or if it really was the needle itself.

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Based in the Hiroshima region, an area famous for making needles, we at Tulip have a history of making the needles that our customers rely on. Since our founding, we have primarily manufactured sewing needles, crochet hooks and knitting needles. Our needle sets made for the home economics classes of elementary schools compromise the top share in Japan, and Tulip brand crochet hooks have been exported to more than 40 countries globally for many years. Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. The needles are noticeably easier to use. I can thread them quite easily, even with my less than perfect eyesight. They help me be more precise with my stitch placement and stitch size. When you’re doing surface embroidery as opposed to counted work, the needle must pierce the linen threads. It doesn’t pass between them. It pierces right into them. And when two layers of fabric are stretched taut on a frame, the linen surface becomes somewhat hard, making it a little more difficult to pierce with the needle.

Hello Mary, thank you so much for your fantastic review of the Tulip needles – and mentioning our little shop down here in Cornwall! I started using tulip needles for joining hexies in a English paper piecing project, The project required tiny stitches joining the hexies/ THN-030e & THN-031e - This sashiko needle set is made with a big needle eye and is designed to pass through fabric smoothly. It is great for people who want to start sashiko stitchwork.

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THN-102e & THN-103e - Needle straight from its body to its large needle eye is perfect for Sashiko stitching. Tulip Hiroshima needles are world renown for their exceptional quality. These fine needles are made in Japan by Tulip Co especially for needlework artists. Created by a careful process involving more than 30 steps, the needles are polished length-wise, so that they are strong, flexible, warp-resistant and among the highest quality in the industry. Tulip Hiroshima needles are world renown for their exceptional quality. These fine needles are made in Japan by Tulip Co especially for needlework artists. Created by a careful process involving more than 30 steps, the needles are polished length-wise, so that they are strong, flexible, warp-resistant and among the highest quality in the industry. Hi, Sarah – I hope they work for you and help reduce hand strain. I’ve actually only started experiencing finger joint pain and hand fatigue in general since going through chemo year before last. Until going through that, my hands have never bothered me and I pretty much took them for granted. I don’t know if it’s just the needles that have brought about a reduction in pain and fatigue in my hands, but I find it rather coincidental that the reduction coincides with the use of these needles. So hopefully, you’ll find it the case as well! Speedweve, Darning Loom, Small Loom, Patches for clothes, Speedweve, Visible mending, Gifts for mom, Darning toolI don’t want to say absolutely that the current state of relief in my beloved phalanges stems from the use of these needles, but it seems to make sense that at least some of the relief is due to the fact that it doesn’t require as much effort to stitch when I’m using them.