Reddit reviews SINGER 01025 Heavy Duty Household Hand Needles, 1 Canvas, 1 Carpet, 1 Leather, 1 Sacks, 1 Sail, 2 Upholstery
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7 assorted heavy-fabric repair needlesHousehold needles for use on heavy-weight fabrics, perfect for DIY home décorFor use on carpets, canvas, coats, tents, upholstery, leather, mattresses, furs, and other thick fabricsIncludes 2 upholstery needles and one canvas needle, carpet needle, leather needle, sacks needle and sail needleNickel-plated steel
I keep a set of needles and a spool of nylon thread in my backpack, and the same set in my VEDC. I don’t have them in my pockets though… yet… Maybe in my wallet…
I almost had to use it today when I snagged my shirt on something, but luckily what felt like a disaster was only a small rip. Could have been worse, but I would have been ready!
I added them to my kit(s) because a canvas needle is one of Dave Canterbury’s extended “5 Cs of Survivability,” and I try to EDC those items, along with the “ten essentials”—within reason.
I vote no on the latch hooks. Most of them are rounded at the tip and too wide. Dreadheadhq has a pointy one that's ok. I bought one years ago and still have it around but never use it. With young, loose dreads, it works great. But once they're nice and tight even the pointy latch hook is too thick to push through. I prefer to use an upholstery needle like this. The medium sized one on the left. I use this with a piece of thread for pulling in loosies near the roots. Here's a tutorial on how I do it. She starts the "sewing" part at 2:00. It's pretty much the same concept as a latch hook, except it's much thinner and pushes through without loosening/weakening the dreads.
For loosies further down, I pull them in with a size 12 crochet hook. Well, I used to. After my dreads reached about 5 years old and were obviously done tightening up, I shaved up and down the length of them with electric sheers. 10/10 would do again! But I won't have to, since they're fully locked, nothing is going to slip out any more.