Excerpt from Sewing Laboratory Manual Needles are of various sizes and shapes, according to the usages for which they are intended, ranging from No. 1, the coarsest, to No. 12, the finest. Milliner's, very long. I Sharps, for ordinary sewing. Round Eyes.. 4 Ground downs, shorter than sharps. Betweens, very short, for thick material. L Glove, shortest. Embroidery, sharp point. Long Eyes. Darning, sharp point. Tapestry and Bodkin or Tape, blunt point. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.