http://www.artbeads.com/need-15.html This is a link to the mixed size. I have them and mainly use the long ones..tho I don't know why lol Habit I guess.
The two wires are attached at each end so the 'eye' is the entire middle of the needle. They are very thin and flexible...they can bend out of shape easily but you can flatten them back out again. But the join at each end can wear through the thread and fray it .. so when I go through the beginning and end pearls I move the thread around a bit in the eye before each pearl just so I'm not tugging away at the same spot and sawing through the thread. So I go through one pearl and then just slide the thread and inch or so before going through the next one.
This, like all good lessons, was learned by making a mistake. I was at the end of a long rope and going back through the first of the end pearls..tugging the needle I cut straight through the thread. This also often cuts through the needle and breaks it as well. Just meant I had to switch to two needles to get them through the last two.. but lesson learned.
You can get them at most all of the beading web sites. Big Eye Needles
The two wires are attached at each end so the 'eye' is the entire middle of the needle. They are very thin and flexible...they can bend out of shape easily but you can flatten them back out again. But the join at each end can wear through the thread and fray it .. so when I go through the beginning and end pearls I move the thread around a bit in the eye before each pearl just so I'm not tugging away at the same spot and sawing through the thread. So I go through one pearl and then just slide the thread and inch or so before going through the next one.
This, like all good lessons, was learned by making a mistake. I was at the end of a long rope and going back through the first of the end pearls..tugging the needle I cut straight through the thread. This also often cuts through the needle and breaks it as well. Just meant I had to switch to two needles to get them through the last two.. but lesson learned.
You can get them at most all of the beading web sites. Big Eye Needles