If you are a doll maker you simply will not believe what I have found… 10″ doll needles! Yep, you heard me correctly TEN INCHES! What’s even better is the diameter of these lovely needles… they are a size 4/0 diameter sewing needle… 0.072 inches or 1.83 millimeters thick.

“So what?” you say. I’ll tell you sew what… for those who like doing button joints these needles will fit through the eye of an average button and their super long length makes them great for button jointing really big dolls.

If you’ve ever made a big doll and have been faced with the challenge of joining arms, legs, etc. through a wide doll body you’ll know what a pain it is to use a 4 to 6″ long doll needle which only makes it half way through the body making it so that you’d have to push the needle through half of the body and out through the centre of the back and back into the doll again only to come out the other shoulder… sewing it this way has always made it difficult to get the right amount of tension through the shoulder or the hip of the doll in order to get the doll tightly jointed.

So where did I find these spledid needles… I found a needle company in India who makes them and ordered them direct from the factory. This was no small feat, but was totally worth it. I now have enough needles to enclose a needle in each of my doll kits and to sell some inividually. If you’re interest in buy one of these incredible needles, please drop me a line using the contact page. Needles are $3.00 Canadian + shipping.