- When you think of a quality sewing needle, you think SCHMETZ!- Please find below a guide to the Schmetz Needle Range. It includes details on needle types, sizes, colour codes, features, and fabric uses- Universal / Regular / Standard (System: 130/705 H / 15x1H)- Sizes: 60/8, 65/9, 70/10, 75/11, 80/12, 90/14, 100/16, 110/18, 120/19, Assorted, Twin, Triple- Colour Code: Size only- Feature: Slightly rounded point- Fabric Use: Numerous - wovens and knits- A great general purpose needle- Stretch (System: 130/705 H-S)- Sizes: 75/11, 90/14, Twin- Colour Code: Yellow- Features: Medium ball point, special eye and scarf- Fabric Use: Elastic materials and highly elastic knitwear. The medium ball point, specially designed eye and scarf prevent skipped stitches.- Jersey / Ball Point (System: 130/705 H-SUK)- Sizes: 70/10, 80/12, 90/14, 100/16, Assorted- Colour Code: Orange- Feature: Medium ball point- Fabric Use: Knits and some stretch fabrics. Made especially for sewing on knits. The medium ball point does not damage or break knitted fibres.- Jeans / Denim (System: 130/705 H-J)- Sizes: 70/10, 80/12, 90/14, 100/16, 110/18, Assorted, Twin- * Colour Code: Blue- Feature: Modified medium ball point and reinforced blade- Fabric Use: Denim and similar fabrics. Advanced point design is a SCHMETZ exclusive. For penetrating extra thick woven fabrics, denims, or quilts with minimum needle deflection, reduced risk of needle breakage and skipped stitches.- Leather (System: 130/705 H LL)- Sizes: 70/10, 80/12, 90/14, 100/16, 110/18, Assorted- Colour Code: Brown- Feature: Cutting point- Fabric Use: Leather, artificial leather, heavy non-woven synthetics. Do not use on knit or woven fabrics.- Microtex / Sharp (System: 130/705 H-M)- Sizes: 60/8, 70/10, 80/12, 90/14, 100/16, 110/18, Assorted- Colour Code: Purple- Feature: Very slim acute point- Fabric Use: Micro fibres, polyester, silk, foils, artificial leather, coated materials. Very thin acute point creates beautiful top-stitching and perfectly straight stitches for quilt piecing when precision is paramount.- Quilting (System: 130/705 H-Q)- Sizes: 75/11, 90/14, Assorted- Colour Code: Green- Feature: Special taper to the slightly rounded point- Fabric Use: Made especially for piecing and machine quilting. The special tapered design allows easier fabric penetration and helps eliminate skipped stitches.- Embroidery (System: 130/705 H-E)- Sizes: 75/11, 90/14, Assorted, Twin- Colour Code: Red- Features: Light ball point, wide eye and groove- Fabric Use: Use with rayon, polyester and other speciality embroidery threads. The special scarf, widened groove and enlarged eye protect fragile threads and guard against excess friction allowing trouble free embroidery and decorative stitching.- Gold Embroidery /Titanium Nitride (System: 130/705 H-ET)- Sizes: 75/11, 90/14- Features: Titanium Nitride coating, slightly rounded point and enlarged eye- Fabric Use: Coarse and densely woven materials. Slightly rounded point and enlarged eye are perfect for embroidery on most fabrics and with the most fragile speciality threads. Titanium coating resists adhesives, improves needle wear and penetration of coarse and densely woven fabrics.- Metallic / Metafil (System: 130 MET)- Sizes: 80/12, 90/14, Twin- Feature: Elongated eye- Colour Code: Pink- Fabric Use: Metallic and other speciality threads. A “must have” for sewing with sensitive metallic threads. The elongated eye prevents shredding and breaking of metallic threads.- Topstitch (System: 130 N)- Sizes: 80/12, 90/14, 100/16- Colour Code: Light Green- Feature: Extra long eye- Fabric Use: Topstitch, heavy, multiple or poor quality threads. Achieve perfectly straight stitch lines and even stitches when using a straight stitch plate.- Hemstitch / Wing (System: 130/705 H WING)- Sizes: 100/16, 120/19, Twin- Feature: A wing on each side of the needle- Fabric Use: Light or medium weight loosely woven fabrics. Popular for heirloom sewing and to create decorative cutwork.- Double Eye (System: 705 DE)- Size: 80/12- Feature: Universal needle with two eyes- Fabric Use: Numerous - wovens and knits. Use two different threads for shading and texturing effects for embroidery and top-stitching.- Quick Threading / Handicap / Easythreading / Self Threading (System: 705 HDK)- Sizes: 80/12, 90/14- Feature: Universal needle with a slip-in threading slot in the eye- Fabric Use: Numerous - wovens and knits. A general purpose needle for effortless threading.- Overlock / Serger ELx705 (System: ELx705)- Sizes: 80/12, 90/14, Assorted- Colour Code: Black- Feature: Designed for use in electronic multi-purpose overlockers / sergers that do overlock stitches. Not suitable for use in home sewing machines or embroidery machines. Machines should specify ELx705.- HLx5 / High Speed Professional Quilting (System: HLx5)- Sizes: 75/11, 90/14, 100/16- Feature: A chrome-plated, flat shank needle (similar to 130/705 H) designed specifically for high-speed professional quilting machines (i.e., Janome 1600 P Series). This needle features a short shank and a slightly rounded needle point with a shank diameter of only 2 mm.- Fabric Use: Suitable for all common materials - jersey, denim, fancy fabrics, fake fur, etc.- Twin & Triple Needles- Twin Needles are available for most fabrics. Twin Needle properties are equivalent to single needles. Use for pin-tucks, top-stitching, single and multi-coloured decorative seams and hems.- Stretch Twin (System: 130/705 H-S ZWI)- Sizes: 2.5/75, 4.0/75 (the first number indicates the gap in mm)- Feature: Two Stretch needles mounted on one shank create two rows of stitches simultaneously.- Fabric Use: Elastic materials and highly elastic knitwear.- Jeans / Denim Twin (System: 130/705 H-J ZWI)- Size: 4.0/100 (the first number indicates the gap in mm)- Feature: Two Jeans needles mounted on one shank create two rows of stitches simultaneously.- Fabric Use: Denim and similar extra-thick woven fabrics.- Metallic Twin (System: 130 MET ZWI)- Sizes: 2.5/80, 3.0/90 (the first number indicates the gap in mm)- Feature: Two Metallic (Metafil) needles mounted on one shank create two rows of stitches simultaneously.- Fabric Use: Special effect and fancy threads, particularly for metallic threads.- Embroidery Twin (System: 130/705 H-E ZWI)- Sizes: 2.0/75, 3.0/75 (the first number indicates the gap in mm)- Feature: Two Embroidery needles mounted on one shank create two rows of stitches simultaneously.- Fabric Use: Use with rayon, polyester, and other speciality embroidery threads.- Double Hemstitch / Wing (System: 130/705 H ZWIHO)- Size: 2.5/100 (the first number indicates the gap in mm)-Feature: A Wing needle and a Universal needle with a 2.5 mm separation combined on a single shank for decorative stitching
