Assorted Hand Sewing Needles

Beading needles are very fine with a narrow eye to enable them to fit through the centre of beads and sequins along with a long narrow shaft to thread and hold a number of beads at a time.

As a general guide, needle sizing is referred to by its wire gauge number. The lower the number, the thicker the needle. For example a pack of 3/9 would be an assortment of 16 needles ranging between size 3 and 9. A pack of size 8 would be all 16 needles in size 8 and is quite a thin diameter needle compared to a size 3.