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So as I add more colors, more and more empty needles get stuck in the pin cushion since I don't leave the needles threaded on the parked threads, only on the ones that are not yet added to my piece. Also, when I am done with a color in one area, I end it, and then park the needle, still threaded back onto the pako for the next time I need it. Then before starting the next section I look to see which colors are going to be needed and thread all the empty needles I've placed in my pin cushion. I can have 20 - 30 needles threaded and ready to go at a time if I am working an an area of a LOT of confetti. But doing it this way lets me not have to stop to find a new color each time it is needed, I get everything ready for the next 100 stitches, and am good to go, so I can stitch uninterrupted for a while. Also, doing it this way means all of my needles get used quite a bit, so in the last year I've only had to throw 2 out and that's because they got bent as I tried to pull them through some stitches in the back and was having a hard time so I used pliers. Since then I have learned to start and end from the front, and that is no longer an issue. I don't use gold plated needles though - to get that many gold plated needles would be much too expensive! I do want to buy a 50 pack of bohin or john james needles sometime since right now I have about 1/3 size 28 which I prefer, and the rest are all size 26, which while I can use, I don't like as much. I just don't know which I would prefer, so I am reluctant to buy so many at once since I've been using mostly DMC so far. I know a lot of people don't like DMC because they say they get dull or bent too fast, but since I use so many needles and all get equal use, I haven't had that problem yet. 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afewless Publish time 2013-5-28 06:54

I guess I should also answer the original poster's question, lol!I don't use gold needles and I will continue to use the needles I have until I loose them or they break :)I don't see any reason to change them out, though I do pick up extra packs of needles whenever I'm in my LNS and getting a haul since that means I can have that many more needles threaded and ready to go.

tcca Publish time 2013-5-28 12:10

I work with several needles at a time, though only one is ever in my work at a time. I like to do HAED patterns, and I use the parking method of stitching, so I stitch in blocks. So before I start each block, I look through all the colors that are needed in it, and any that aren't already parked, I thread a needle and place it in my home made pako needle organizer thingy. That way when I need the color, I just unthread the last color I worked with and stick it into my pin cushion, and grab the prethreaded needle from the pako for the next color. So as I add more colors, more and more empty needles get stuck in the pin cushion since I don't leave the needles threaded on the parked threads, only on the ones that are not yet added to my piece. Also, when I am done with a color in one area, I end it, and then park the needle, still threaded back onto the pako for the next time I need it. Then before starting the next section I look to see which colors are going to be needed and thread all the empty needles I've placed in my pin cushion. I can have 20 - 30 needles threaded and ready to go at a time if I am working an an area of a LOT of confetti. But doing it this way lets me not have to stop to find a new color each time it is needed, I get everything ready for the next 100 stitches, and am good to go, so I can stitch uninterrupted for a while.

Also, doing it this way means all of my needles get used quite a bit, so in the last year I've only had to throw 2 out and that's because they got bent as I tried to pull them through some stitches in the back and was having a hard time so I used pliers. Since then I have learned to start and end from the front, andthat is no longer an issue.

I don't use gold plated needles though - to get that many gold plated needles would be much too expensive! I do want to buy a 50 pack of bohin or john james needles sometime since right now I have about 1/3 size 28 which I prefer, and the rest are all size 26, which while I can use, I don't like as much. I just don't know which I would prefer, so I am reluctant to buy so many at once since I've been using mostly DMC so far. I know a lot of people don't like DMC because they say they get dull or bent too fast, but since I use so many needles and all get equal use, I haven't had that problem yet.

htsear13 Publish time 2022-2-10 23:55

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xolga Publish time 2023-3-15 04:05

I had a needle eye break at least once. I lost a needle in the past, too. I replaced those obviously, and will replace again when the needle will start feeling sticky because of tarnish or something.

magicloop Publish time 2023-3-19 14:00

I've had eyes break, so that's generally when I'll change out my needles.

Talya1 Publish time 2023-4-11 22:02

I had some needles with gold coating, but it never wore off.
Once my needle bent, but even then I didn't change it, I even started a new project with it, so comfortable it was. In fact, I was using it untill I lost it somewhere... That is the main reason for changing needles in my case.

manolimu Publish time 2023-9-4 00:54

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Knitpurlsm Publish time 2024-4-9 00:00

Thanks for the info!
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