Milliners (straw) needle, size 3
Milliners (straw) needle, size 3: eye, point, the threads it takes and what it is for.
- Type
- milliners
- SizeNeedle sizing runs backwards: a higher number is a finer needle
- 3
- Eye
- small
- Point
- sharp
- Strands of flossStrands of six-strand cotton, or the thread the needle suits
- Pearl cotton 5, 6 strands
- Used for
- Large bullion knots and cast-on stitches with thick thread.
- Notes
- Milliners needles are long with a small round eye and no bulge at the eye, so wraps slide off the shaft. Size 3 is long enough for bullions of twenty wraps or more.
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