🧵 Colonial Needle Roxanne Large Eye Betweens Needles - Size 10 (50 Count) Review

I love sewing and hand sewing quilts and this needle set is just what I need. The little vial they come in is handy for storing the ones I didn't put in my pincushion at the time and the pins always remain sharp and shiny. The size is perfect for my needs and since there are so many needles I can thread ten or so when I start sewing so I don't have to stop to rethread. Always sharp, ready to use and of the highest quality. Highly recommended for permanent drains.

Well the quantity is good (50 per pack) but they are the smallest needles I have ever seen in my life. I think they are about 3/4 inch long and very thin. Am I missing something? Why do people like it? hands) The eyelet is approx. 1 mm. I can't recommend it for a kid because it's a needle and all. I was looking for something to manually sew the inlay to the quilt, but ended up just using an ordinary old Singer hand needle.

I may have received a bad batch of needles but they (size 11) were unusable and had to be returned. They weren't smooth, round, or polished. One had a tiny end, like a crochet hook, that caught in the fabric and made a small hole, none of them were really pointed but more flattened at the end, all had tiny horizontal grooves that made it difficult to pull through. It's like they completely skipped the finishing process when they were made. I tried sewing with ten different needles, but then I…