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Needle Guide |
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Choosing the wrong needle will make a project hard or
even impossible.
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| It's frustrating to have trouble sewing when your needle
selection is fighting you the whole time—and you didn't
know it. Here is a collection of the fabric
manufacturer's recommendations that we have assembled for you
in one convenient place. Rockywoods Home |
| 70/10 |
- Polartec Micro Chamois
- Polartec 100 single-sided
- Coolmax
- Polartec Wicking Interlock
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| Ball 80/12 |
- Polartec 100 double -sided
- French Terry
- Thermal Knit
- Sweatshirt Fleece
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| Ball 90/14 |
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| Universal 70/10 |
- 70D Ripstop Nylon
- Nylon Taffeta
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| Universal 80/12 |
- Ultrex
- Gore-tex
- 2-ply Supplex
- Crinkle Cloth
- Superstar Tricot
- Polartec Windbloc 1000
- Snow Quilt
- Polartec Thermal Stretch 2000
- 200D Packcloth
- No-See-Um Mesh
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| Universal 90/14 |
- 3-ply Supplex
- Polartec 200
- Polartec 300
- Boundary Waters Fleece
- Polartec Shearling
- Bi-polar Fleece
- Berber Fleece
- Wool
- North Country Fleece
- Pacific Tech Fleece
- Leno Mesh
- Coated, open weave Mesh
- Jiffy Grip
- Starter Satins
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| Stretch 75/11 |
- Polartec Power Stretch
- Polartec Stretch 200
- Supplex Nylon Lycra
- Hi Tech Supplex Lycra
- SPANDURA
- Heavy Weight Nylon Lycra
- Nylon Lycra
- Cotton Lycra Jersey Lining
- Cotton Lycra
- Poly-Lycra
- Boomerang Stretch
- Poly/Rayon/Lycra Blends
- Stretch Velvet
- Macro Mesh
- Micro mesh
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| Stretch 90/14 |
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| Microtex 70/10 |
- Polartec Skin Thermal Stretch
- Lightweight Microfiber
- Solarweave
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| Microtex 80/12 |
- Sueded Microfiber
- Ultrasuede
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| Jeans 80/12 |
- 140D Coated Nylon
- 120D Ripstop Nylon
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| Jeans 90/14 |
- Denim
- Canvas
- Sunbrella
- ToughTek 6000
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| Jeans 100/16 |
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| Jeans 100/18 |
- 1000D Cordura
- Flannel backed Cordura
- 1050D Ballistics
- Vinyl
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Sewing Success Tips
- Always start your projects with a fresh needle.
- The new synthetic fibers dull needles faster than
natural fibers. Change needles every four to six
hours of sewing.
- If you experience thread breakage, it could be to a
worn-out needle eye. Try changing your needle.
- Dull or bent needles will cause skipped stitches,
machine jams and puckering.
- When sewing on coated fabrics clean your needle once
in a while with alcohol. Also, you may want to try
a liquid Sewing Ease to help your needle and thread slip
through the fabric.
- When sewing on Lycra trim on Polartec be sure to
change to a stretch needle.
- Singer needles are best for Singer machines and no
other. Schmetz needles are best for European and
other timed sewing machines.
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