<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Sep 18, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Fred Sturm wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">Not the greatest photography, but maybe it shows enough to get the idea. They aren't real ergonomic (I've been mulling how to design something to attach to them for better grip, though they work okay as is and give good tactile feedback), but they are nice and compact to go in the kit, and to lay out the assortment on the stretcher. I have two spacings for #12 and #10, plus a #8 and a #6. And a little sandpaper paddle on the left for mating and whatnot.</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>I looked at the packets the narrow sized needles come in, and found that they are called "quilting" needles. #12 is about .018", #10 .020", while for comparison a #6 is around .028". </DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV>Fred Sturm</DIV><DIV>University of New Mexico</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>