Kareen Englund

I had seen advertised some place, sewing machine needles with two eyes - one above the other. I would like to find where they are sold. These are not twin needles.... this is a single needle.

Leota

I know there are hand sewing needles that have two eyes but have never heard about machine needles... will have to research that...

Granna of 5

Hello Kareen, and welcome from Tennessee. Sorry I have not seen double eyed needles.

wolfkitty

What are they used for?

Jim's Gem

Welcome to the board from Southern California!

MacThayer

Double eye Sewing Machine needles are used for decorative stitching. You can use two colors in a single stitch. They can be found at:

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...RODID=prd62113

Additionally, there are more to be found at: Amazon.com

They sound like fun! I'll have to try them myself!

Happy Stitching!

jaciqltznok

cool...would love to try them, but joann.com is out of stock...sigh..

amazon is not selling them, a sewing vac place it and they are way too costly...

createforless is out of stock, and so are a couple other places..

BUT I did find them here...and they are cheaper than any others!
http://www.spinblessing.com/item.php?art=grp:schde

Lacelady

I've got the same (or similar) effect by threading one needle with two threads! Use a size larger than you would normally think, put one spool on the machine, and the other on another spool pin or a holder behind the machine, and sew a bit slower than normal.

MacThayer

OK, take a look at this site. I know the needles are specifically for metallic thread, but having holes lined with teflon so the thread doesn't "catch" sounds like a good idea to me. And they aren't so expensive, for specialty needles. And they're available.

http://www.createforless.com/Schmetz.../pid28314.aspx

AlwaysQuilting

Never heard of this, only twin needles. Interesting