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KNITTNG NEEDLES - BRANDS AND MANUFACTURERS
Brand Names,
Owner/
Material Type
Other
Contrib Comments
Relationships
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Needle Owners/Data Contributors -- Pat Ashford, Rhonda Barratt, Christina Bertrand (inc her newsletter NeedleNotes) , Judy Cameron,
Naomi Cidder, Judith Durbridge, Eva Haylock, Sue Lennon, Gay Lines, Molly Pearce, Joyce Poynter, Jean Price, Merilyn Tebb, Beryl
Warne, Shelia Williams, Robyn Zloch
Name
"G"
GB
G&T
see also Blue
Ribbon
Gauge
Gedifra
GL
rubber stopper, yellow resin shaft
metal
SP
SEW
GB and size poorly stamped on blue annodised aluminum -- needle looks European
annodised
straight
resin
straight
BW, SEW marked "G&T Made in England" and with Imperial and metric sizes in raised lettering
C
on shaft. Or, older needles just marked "G&T and imperial size". Small button self
stoppers
GL/ SEW Clear green with a self-coloured stopper; also faux tortoiseshell and bright resin with
black stopper.
Not really sure if this is a brand name or just part of the size designation.
German firm
circular
Gem
circular
Gem
GEM
metal
CC999 - postcard
shows GEM Knitting
Co in Herkeimer, NY
straight dp
circular
GL/ SEW
CC 443, 424
Name
GEM
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
resin
straight
aluminum
SP, DP
circular
Owner/
Contrib Comments
utr
this circular needle
also was sold on a
card rather than in a
paper packet
Germany
SEW cc
542
"Germany" marked on shaft -- could be place of manufacture rather than a brand name
-- by have seen many references to this. See photo below
Germany
Gilda
Gilda
Gilda plastic sleeve
shown in photo left
Glamor
Glare
Glender
Glowkast
Gluck AUF
Gold Metal
US. In March 07 a big ebay listing with a pair of Gilda went for USD66
straight
SEW
steel
SP
SEW
wood
straight
SEW
steel
straight
metal
SP
Eva
Haylock
SEW CC
1005
light grey pair with red beaded tops, marked glamor 8 and there a number 8 on the
stopper CC 483 and 588, with label. Also sold later in a plastic sleeve
cc 532
Shaft is flattened near the stopper with name engraved there. Plain stopper. Dutch
Papr label says GOLD METAL US 5 gauge Made in England" Shaft says similar.
Also some are marked Made in Italy.
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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Gold Seal
Milwards brand ?
metal
SP
SEW
Goldblatts
circular
Golden Fleece
5xdp
SEW
CC805
SEW
CC802
Golden Spinning
Wheel
Golf
Good Shepherd
Goodura
resin
straight
2xDP
SEW
SP
US?
resin?
straight
Austral
metal
4 x DP
see also Novelty
Rubber Co
vulcanised
rubber
SP
Gordon Mackay
metal
4xdp
cc669
Graham
steel
SP, circular SEW
1017
straight
SEW
CC533,
815
SEW
Goodyear
Grants
W.T. Grant Co.
aluminum
with plastic
stopper
Grants
JD/ SEW
CC826
SEW
cc
698,1077
SEW
Grey's
Gulu
Gutta
Haka or Haka
Suna
Halex
Halex
Hall's
packet says "made in England". "Use Austral Wool"
(scanned photos into PC). Stopper reads Goodyear P.T. N.R.Co. This is the earliest
American knitting needle brand name I know.
US
marked Grants on the plastic stopper
18th cen London firm (cutler or dry goods?) from which George Washington's
household purchased knitting needles by weight. Ref is No Idle Hands p 37
Greyhound
Guise & Sons, W.
Grey metal shaft flattensnear stopper and reads Gold Seal on one side and Airlite on
the other. Size is in Imperial.
Paper packet says "Goldblatt's Bond Circular Steel Knitting Pin Nickle Plated. US."
So say 1920/1930s. Seller says Goldblatts was a Chicago department store chain
Paper packet says "patented packaging method". During the 1930's this brandname
was used by Lister Yarn Co. Eventually the brand name was owned by the British
Needle Co. Also a US brand Golden Fleece. (See CC 1150)
cc 684
plastic/resin
see Pioneer for
photo
SP
Poynter
SEW 1086
4xdp
Black paper packet
Czech
metal
SP
SEW
resin
SP
SEW/
Poynter
Shaft reads Haka. Paper label adds Suna or Sana. Plus die Schweizer Gesundheits Stricknadel
faux
tortoiseshell
faux
tortoiseshell
straight
GL
earlier models have a specific coloured end to the stopper for each size.
straight
SEW
4xDP
SEW
later models have a flat button stopper with white band in the middle of the edge of the
button and are marked "British Zylonite Production".
See also Bex which are also marked thus.
Paper packet includes elephant logo
Welledn Hall & Co, metal
Studley, Redditch
Name
Hanamanka
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Pepe
"shipped directly
from Japan"
Harper, Thos &
Sons
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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Material
Type
bamboo
circular
metal
set of 6 DP SEW
CC433
labelled on outer wooden tube, set of six dp. And also sold in paper packets saying
"Ask for Harper's Renowned Drocas and Phoenix Needles" -- also says "xxxxward at
Chicago Exhibition 1893"
Showed Gay Lines the paper packet and we agree that the griffon on the TH&Sons is
similar to the Abel Morrall girffin. However, Abel Morrall crest also hs a trident, which
the TH&Sons doesn't.
Harris Camberwell
New Road
Hassenfeld
Bros,Inc, Central
Falls,RI,
bakelite
Hasbro
SP
self-coloured button stopper
toy knitting
kit
don't know if they made adult knitting tools
Head, W.H., & Son
SEW/
Poynter
Very large retailer in London, sold needles in its own packaging.
SEW
CC860
made in Switzerland -- metal with a paper wrapper
Fine size 19 ( 1 mm) for lace knitting
HEC
metal
HeHua
metal, plastic SP
stopper -name is on
the sleeve
only
Heide Ott
metal
SP
SEW
CC865
Hella
metal
SP
SEW
CC1117
Hema
Henka
Henry Dobbs
Beaver
SP
metal
GL
steel
straight
metal
straight dp
BW
Dutch
"Henka" on flattened shaft. Very clear raised lettering. Tiny self stoppers
cardboard case with several sets of 4 dp needles
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Hero
Air-Flyte
metal
straight
aluminum
kit
boxed gift set of 40 needles in a cloth roll
aluminum
4 x DP
1 package of 4, size 3.7" STANDARD blue aluminum sock pinsby hero Mfg. Co., Inc.,
Middleboro, Mass.
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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Hero
Hero
Hero
Standard
Hero
Hero
Measure Knit
aluminum
straight
Nylo-Hoop
nylon
circular
SEW
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Hero
Material
Type
plastic in
tube (far right
in photo)
Hero
SEW CC
995, 998
Hero
Scoville brand
(Oakville Division)
Spartanburg, S.C.
Older address (I
guess) is
Middleboro, Mass.
Hessien, T.
"The Circul"
Hiawatha
Hilti
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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painted green end cap. The Hero name is engraved at the top end of the needle with
the size. See photo below, left pair of needles
steel and
resin
circular
SEW
CC1109
Redditch manufacturer -- refer NN # 29, p 221
straight
SEW 1067 silk holder roll and needles with paper labels and branded ruler
manufacturers of needle cases, so presumably needles too
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Hines
Hartford,
Connecticut
HKE
Hogar
Holdfast Knitting
Pin Case, The
Holdstitch
Material
W.D. Head & Son,
The Golden Tassel,
also Wm Bartleet &
Sons
Holdstitch
Gracie & Co
Inox
Inox
Inox
Inox
Inox
Inox
European
UK -- name is on plastic sleeve only
set
SEW
CC1101
straight
4xDP
4xDP
GL/SEW
CC920
SEW
circular
straight
SEW
casein
wooden
tube and
4xDP
4 x DP
metal
straight
GL
wood
sp
Imra
Imra
Imra
Imra-Stabil
Inal
SP
SP
ebony,
rosewood
Household Knitting
Pin Set
Hy-Glo
Ibex
Illusion
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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4 x DP
resin
Holz & Stein Noble
Type
Stopper on each needle has a tip holder built in, so that a pair can fit together. Gay
found a pair with label including patent no. See separate research on the patent.
Jean Price found the set of 4xDP, of which only 1 has has the built in holder -- don't
know how you could knit in the round with this
German -- made from leftovers from musical instrument making
paper wrapper 2 inches long notes made of casein
Stampted on shaft "Ibex foreign"
circular
made in Mexico
circular
made in Germany
resin
straight
BW
"Imra-Stabil" on shaft. Green shaft; dark green stopper
steel
straight
BW/SEW
See also PRYM,
JMRA, etc.
Ardee Inoxal
straight
SEW/BW
"Inal 3" marked on flattened shaft in very clear raised lettering. Tiny self stoppers.
Susan's pair a gift from Gay Lines
Inox stamped on shaft, small self stoppers.
trade name fro
Rump
Inoxal
flexible
SEW
Inox is an abbreviation for inoxydable, meaning stainless. Used to be used on many
items like cutlery, but also, now, a brand name.
gift from Gay Lines.
straight
annodised needles (by the look of it) with a silver tip. German
Inox-Tric
metal
straight
SEW
Perl Inox Tric
steel
straight prs
BW
"Inox-Tric" impressed on a resin stopper of green hexagonal shape. Flat plane of
stopper is perpendicular to shaft. "Perl Inox Made in Germany" impressed on shaft.
Also cc 756
flattened
"Inox Foreigh"
coloured
stoppers
withshaft
sizessays
marked.
Packet marked "These needles are faster
because the shaft is smaller than the standard size and takes a quarter more stitches
than a standard needle of the same length"
Inoxal
metal
SP
SEW
gift from Gy Lines
Iris
metal
SP
casein
SP
SEW
CC1117
SEW
gift from Gay Lines. Packet says "made in Australia"
Ivore
Swallow brand
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Ivoree
Ivory
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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resin
straight
SEW
Clover
Knitting Fever Inc
straight
circular
Ivoree inscribed on shaft and also the size in Imperial and "England". Includes metal
rod core.
made in Japan by Clover, imported into the US originally by Knitting Fever
Ivory
Ixion Co Ltd, The
metal
4 x DP
Jacmore
Jaeger
Jackpin
Jaeger
"Kingpin"
Paper packet market "Warranted by the Ixion Co., Limited. Superior Finished Knitting
Pins"
SEW
cc 698 Paper label says Canada and has a graphic of an elephant pulling a log. Late
40's / early 50's??
wood
straight
resin
SP
SEW
4xdp
Poynter
Jaeger
Jaeger
BW
wood
straight
made in England
They say 'Jack-Pin Jaeger No.1 Made in England'. I don't really know anything else. I
bought these fastened together, as a pair, from a charity shop or somewhere like that. I
was under the impression that these came singly in the days when the trend was for
one large and one small. I'm sure I've had (and maybe still have, somewhere) single
Jaeger needles. I ddon't remember seing 'kingpin' but they may well hve existed here. - notes from Pat Ashford.
paper label says "Each needle finished knob screwed on which prevents their falling
off" cc 581
Packet is illustrated in Needlework Tools & Accessories by Molly Proctor, Batsford,
1990.
stamped with "use Jaeger wool"
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Jager, W.L.
Duraloid
aluminum
4xdp
Jahncke
Crescent
Jahncke
Farmers & Co
Sydney
James Beattie,
Wolverhampton
James Lake
Jas Smith & Son
Ltd
set of 4 x
DP in round
tin with
divided
compartmen
ts
resin
A JAHNCKE'S knitting pin case in mottled gold & orange saying "The Crescent Case
Best Knitting Pins".It has markings for needle sizes of 13, 14, 15, 16, which are
delivered from inner divisions for each size of needle through a hole in the revolving
top. One end of the case is embossed Best English Knitting Pins Jahnckes Patent 4
Sets the other end with the hole for dispensing the needles has The Crescent Knitting
Pin Case.Has written instructions on the case to obtain the pins.
SEW
CC782
bought in Chapel Street Bazaar
SP
MP
This was a specialty yarn or haberdashery shop. According to MP, the shop still exists
but under another name, having been taken over by one of the big chains.
4xDP
SEW
"burnished steel" -- also sold in the flat metal case.. James Smith & Sons first used
The Double Century" and then were taken over by Milward.
SEW
CC873
Wholesalers multi-size cardboard box.
SEW
name stamped on lozence-shaped stopper or on shaft
straight
or James Smith &
metal
Son. Owned brand
name Ostrich
marked "James Lake Ltd No 8"
Jas Smith & Son
Ltd
Jason
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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metal
straight
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Jason
Jeanne Damon
Material
Type
4xdp
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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SEW 1047
a Susan Bates
brand
Jester
annodised
steel
metal
Jewel
straight
BW/SEW
Jester on flattened area of shaft and England on other side, self stopper. CC 737
SEW
This pair is also marked JMRA on the shaft near the stopper -- see below.
circular
Jiffies
Jiffy Knit
resin
4xDP
Susan Bates brand
plastic
straight
JMRA
Inox brand
resin
straight
sold in a clear plastic tube with a paper wrap-around label inside
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
JMRA
Made in Germany
from US patents (!)
"Breakproof"
JMRA
Bamboo
JMRA
JMRA
Jo-anne
Flex
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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circular
bamboo/resi circular
n
resin
SEW
GL
Rigid tips, flexible cable "shaft"
Does this company also own Susan Bates ??
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
John James &
Sons
Serpent Brand.
Started about 1860
Material
Type
metal
4xdp
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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SEW
cc 965
John James &
Sons
John Lewis
Johnny
Joint Venture
This brand name is now used by the US firm The Colonial Needle Company for their
English imported needles -- refer Christina Bernard.
made Jonnell brand
Jonco
plastic
SP
English
brich
straight
circular
metal
SP
SEW
CC835
Jonelle
brand name for John metal resin
Lews
straight
circular
SEW
CC944
Jouvenia
Neate Ltd
Emu Wools Ltd
Also sometimes
Jouvenia Brevette
SGD6
plastic
straight
SEW
CC684
Square stoppers with hole so that the tip of the paired needle can be slipped in.
Marked Jouvenia patent 395307 by Neate Ltd Gauge 9 or Jouvenia Patent 395308 by
Emu Wools Ltd. (Brevette translates as "patented")
annodised
straight 4 x
DP
straight
GL/ SEW
Australian made "will not harm delicate shades of wool"
Berkalin mark
celluloid
straight
bamboo
SP
Jumpre
JustRite
K
KA Classic
Karabella
Kee-don
Keepair
"K" marked on the stopper and "14" Berkalin #8" marked on shaft
made in France
See also LAB and
London Association
for the Blind
resin
straight
SEW
CC828
marked "Kee-don 8 L.A.B." around rim of stopper.
straight
GL/ SEW
CC826
Embassy (Coles) brand
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Kerzer
"The Collection"
bamboo
circular
Keynote
straight
circular
Killarney
The "King"
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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made in Japan
SEW
CC1170
SP
SEW
Kirby, Beard & Co
plastic
straight
coated steel
metal
set
Kirven
resin
SP
SEW
Kleen
metal
SP
SEW
CC1117
Knit Picks
The King Knitting
Pin Co.
circular
steel tip slides off; metal cap for stopper likemostUS needles. Cc 413
shaft also marked foreign
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Knit Stix
Material
Type
plastic
SP with ruler
on shafts
Kniterations
Knitmates
Knitting Fever, Inc.
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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SP
clear shaft with swirled ribbon inside
"Interchangable"
circular
"system" of rigid points and removable cable
"Ivory" is the brand
name.
case of
straight
needles
This is a set of old Ivory knitting needles in a case that is 14 inches long. 8 sets in all.
#' 5,6,7,11,10,10 1/2,15 and 1 extra set of 11 and 1 odd ball 5. They are all in excellent
shape as is the case which is marked IVORY, Knitting Fever Inc. 70 Middleneck Rd.
Great Neck, New York 11021 Made in Japan
Knitting Pin
Envelope, The
metal
4xdp
Ebay
listing in
Melbourne
Knitting Pins
plastic
straight pr
BW
Knitwell
resin
SP 4xdp
SEW
CC866,
946
wood
square SP
Kosmos-Rapid
metal
straight
SEW
L&C
steel
rxDP
SEW
Kollage
Forest Palm
plantation-grown in Vietnam
L&C
L.A.B.
LACIS
LACIS
See London
resin
Association for the
Blind, and also KeeDon
SP
metal
contemporary firm
making lace knitting
needles, gauges,
etc.
UK -- bought from Canada. Paper label says British made
flat-ended, hexagonal plastic stoppers with size embossed on end. Flattened section
of shaft near stopper has Kosmos-Rapid on one side, size on other
packet says L&C (or maybe C&L) in a script-like logo "taper points Extra Quality"
Long & Co? Cc 491
could this be CSL (Cooperative Stores Limited, new name for the Army and Navy
Stores)
Label on resin needles with self-coloured stoppers says L.A.B. Knitting Pins. British
made
US -- new in plastic sleeve -- cardboard insert says Lace Knitting Needles.
sp
SEW
CC1172
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Lady Fair
house brand for
Canadian dept store
Easton's
Lady Jane
Lady Jane
Ladye Jayne
"Made to Measure
Note tiny label on
cardboard cover
Lantern Moon
Lavoro
Leader
Lepar
Lee Wards
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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gauge
SEW
metal
straight
GL
metal
straight
GL
straight
BW/SEW
see Rainsford
annodised
Is this the same as metal
the different spelling
above, and noted as
made in England??
Ladye Jayne
Lady Smith
Knitting Pin Set,
Ladybird
Lafayette
Langbein, Ed. E
Type
Material
Busybee
Dawn
Dawnoid
Dexter Yarn Co. see Fabrics.net
made in England; shaft marked in inches
Red on cream paper label reads "Ladye Jayne Anodised Knitting Pins Polished Points - Unbreakable -- Lightweight -- Solid knobs cannot come off. Rainsford Product. Made
in Australia"
NOTE -- the same wording appears on a Stratnoid label, except for end -- Rainsford,
Sydney
SEW
SEW's set bought in op shop $1
shafts are inch-ruled. CC 721 Pro Pat
steel
4 x DP
SEW
tin tube with only 3 compartments, sizes 13-16
plastic
metal
aluminum
SP
BW/SEW
CC806
Ladybird and Made in England on shaft
straight
metal
SP
wood, hand
made
wood
straight
wood metal
resin
French, marked "aux Galleries Lafayette Paris" on the shaft
SEW
CC1008
made in Vietnam from hardwoods -- ebony, rosewood, blond, and palm
SP
SEW
Celophane sleeve, bought in Chili 2006
4xdp
SEW
CC826
4xdp in paper packet brought from South Australia. Never saw this name before, is it
local to SA? Now (4/07) buying some yarn from SA, but seller thinks this is a British
firm.
straight
circulat
SEW
plastic sleeve says "distributed byLee Wards, Elgin, Illinois, made and printed in West
Germany" CC735
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Lee Wards
Material
Type
metal
crochet
hooks
Lee Wards
SP
Leisure Arts
Lenox
Lenus?
Lesur
Le Plume
Lewis & Bayliss
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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Ebay photo
metal, resin
straight
circular
SEW
nickel
4xDP
SEW
CC986
metal
crochet
hook
SP
plastic
Rhodo or
Vivacolour?
plastic
straight
coated metal
made in England -- see photo below, second pair from left
unbranded needle with brand name on plastic sleeve
SEW
very similar to Vivacolour and the Rhodo varieties with ovoid stopper with pointy end
amalgamated with Abel Morrell late 19th century; foundation gauge manufacturer !
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Lewis's Wools
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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metal
straight
SEW
SP
SEW
SEW
packet says "Liberty elastic cast steel tapered knitting pins Redditch England".
Trademark is Statue of Liberty
SEW
CC520,
802
"taper pointed burnished steel". A set of 4 was sold in a flat tin case or in a paper
packet OR just with a metal clasp in the shape of a lighthouse wraped around the pins.
The lighthouse clasp is probably the earliest, being used by Morris and Yeomans when
it was still an independent firm before being taken over by Abel Morrall - MP
L.F.F.C.
Liberty
metal
5xDP
Lida
metal with
plastic
stopper
sp
metal
4xDP
Lighthouse
Abel Morrall brand
Linate
made in Turkey
circular
Lightknit
metal
SP
Lion Brand
plastic
straight,
circular
SEW
CC1117
stopper appears to be a hexagonal nut screwed onto the end as part of the
manufacturing process. Also sold with a more conventional round stopper.
self coloured round stopper
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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Lion Brand
Lion Brand
SEW CC
1005
includes paper label around needles. Needles themselves are unmarked but stoppers
are similar to some of Clark's ONT.
SP
SEW
Lister is the name of the manufacturer and Lavenda ys the yarn. Cc 468
straight
SEW/ GL
made in New Zealand; "warm to touch" Stoppers are the same mitre-shape as NZ
brand Quill
see also LAB and
Kee-don
SP 4xdp
SEW
CC785,
960
4 x DP
SEW
Ochre irridescent-finish metal tube with "mitrailleuse" patented internal casing to hold
four sets of needles
Louvima
Acorn Stoves (would steel
this be advertising
?)
metal
4 x DP
SEW
CC769
very dark paper packet
Loving Touch
Simplicity brand
Lion Brand
Lister Bradford
Lion Brand Yarn Co, resin
NY, NY
children's set
later name was
Lister Lee
resin
Liteflex
London
Association for the
Blind
Long & Co
Lucille
Lumpre
Lustre
Lux
Luxite
Majesty
anodised
metal
mis-spelling of
Jumpre?
Coats brand
Federated Dept
Stores brand
SP
straight
circular
straight
straight
US
BW
French
resin
SP
SEW
metal
SP
SEW
French ?? Cc 471
resin
circular SP
SEW
aluminum
straight
SEW
Marked "Luxite" in middle of crème coloured circular (cc 258) or at top of shaft for SP
(cc 542)
CC 545 -- see Princess for notes on similarities. Distributor of Majesty is City Products
Corp., Chicago, Illinois
SP
SEW
CC967
Maltese
Mandalace
Marbletone
Marcia Lynn
Marcia Lynn
Marcia Lynn
marked Lucille Gauge 13 Anodised
made in Australia
Canadian brand
Australian brand made up to 1995 (phone number on the label reads 03 728 4506, and
thus doesn't have the prefix added in that year )
Swallow brand
brand name of C.J.
Bates & Co
SEW
aluminum
straight
nylon
circular
GL
made in USA
made in USA
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Marcus Handcrafts
Margaret
Marshall and
Company’s Knitting
Needles, Darning
Needles
Martha Stewart
Owner/
Contrib Comments
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wood
SP
SEW
metal
SP
Poynter
kit
Susanne's
straight
Name is stamped in ink on the shaft of wooden needles. Found by GL in opp shop.
Coolie hat stopper
branding on a wooden tub of regular blunt ended needles, in USA
"Georgette"
McIlroy
M.C.&S.
Measure-Knit
Type
retailer of Thomas
Harper
"The Marvel"
Mary Maxim
Masterlite
Mayfair
Material
Hero brand
SP
SEW
England
metal
SP
SEW
CC1117
Name is written around the flat, circular stopper
baked
enamel
metal
DP
SP
metal
SP
SP
made in Quebec, Canada
name on top of shaft
SEW
CC588,
1117
Stopper says Pat 22559
shaft marked like a ruler
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
MeiMei-Pro
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
utr
bamboo
Merri Wives
Metagus
Meteor
GL
Wm Wright & Sons - metal
see fabrics.net
SP
SEW
CC761
painted metal shaft with silver tips
Midland Drapery
resin
SP
SEW
CC794
name impessed on shaft. Midland Drapery was a big store in Derby between WWI
and WWII.
Mikado
metal
4 x DP
SEW
CC946
Miladi
metal
SP
SEW
CC 756 name on flattened shaft
resin
straight and
DP
straight, DP,
circular
2 x DP 8 in
SEW
CC383
SEW
These are very old (celluloid?) needles with the needle size in milliameters is on a
small oval label on the shaft.
British, started before 1930, some 4 x DP sold in wooden tubes
SEW
Flat cardboard holder
straight
BW
needles held together by a hard resin sheath about 1.5 " long, with Milward Disc, etc.,
printed on the sheath.
set up and owned Pony in India before it was nationalised there in the late 1940's.
Millimeter
Milward
Milward
Milward
Milward
See also Diadem
and Standard
Phantom
metal,
bamboo
"Disc"
also MilwardErinoid
see sabre logo
plastic
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Milward
"KNOBFAST"
resin
straight
Milward
Milward
Rainbow
Milward
see also Archer,
Archerite
resin
Milward & Sons, H.
Milward & Sons, H.
Owner/
Contrib Comments
utr
Knobfast design – Patented no 485448‘KNOBFAST’ Reference quote : "My Aunt says
that plastic needles, unlike metal, were known for the knobs falling off, hence the name
of this variety."
SEW cc
1086
green paper label, same as cc 961 -- patent 485448 - different stopper
4 x DP
BW
coral-colored needles in packet with a coloured rainbow and "copyright 1986" on label.
SP
SEW
CC961
unique, drum-shape stopper, Milward label
4xdp
SEW
cc994
Very unique short points in black paper packet. Haven't seen any like these before.
Very old.
SEW
cc 986 - tempered steel needles on cardboard card -- these have a very short point,
different to any other I've seen. These appear to be very early needles.
Shipbrand
Milux
metal
SP
SEW
cc 552 shaft marked "Swiss made"
Miner Ind
resin
SP
SEW
Minerva
celluloid
SP
Minerva
celluloid
straight
SEW
CC995
SEW
CC895
blue hexagonal stopper, cheap looking. These needles were apparently part of the
Barbie Knitting Kit, which was distributed by Miner Ind.
Stoppers on these celuloid needles actually screw onto the shaft.
steel
5 x DP
Minerva
Columbia Products
Minerva
paper packet
says"warranted by
Morris and
Yeomans Ltd Best
English made"
SEW
Minfield
metal
straight
Minoid
Modern Age
resin
straight
SEW
bought at Inverloch op shop
metal
4xDP
Poynter
England
Name
Mollie, The
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
This name is
wood
stamped in ink on
wooden needles -could it be the name
of a haberdashery
shop?
Monitor
Monopol
Morgan
Morgan Bristol
John Gardner & Co
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
utr
sp
SP also
crochet
hooks
French
straight
resin
straight
SEW
Monopol is the trademark of John Gardner & Co, Redditch, who also made sewing
needles - MP
gift from Gay Lines
metal
straight
SEW
also see entries for Aero -- same stopper as some Aero
metal
set of DP
GL
paper packet with needles only 4" long -- very old
set of DP
GL
needles sold in a wooden tube
set of DP
BW
Flat wood case marked "The National Needle Case". Paper packaging inside case.
Neat metal closure clasp. Probably 19th century.
set of DP
SEW
CC769,
742
4xDP
SEW
orange pair 7th from
left. Maybe this was
a UK yarn shop??
Morrell's Aero
Morris & Yeoman
Morris & Yeoman
Morris & Yeoman
wood
Morris & Yeoman
brand names
include Minerva
and "The Tower" ,
Monarch, Rose
Brand, Our Own,
Dorcas
Mossdale
Mother Shipton
IDEA Product
resin
4 x DP
British. CC 729 Wrapper has a trademarkkkk saying "an Idea Product"
Packet is on right below. Text says "Mother Shipton Steel Duplex Safety Pins"
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Mountain Maid
metal
straight
MS
metal
sp
resin
straight
resin
straight
glass
SP
Muench
Myrene
Nacre Laine or
Nacrolaine
Namaste
Pony Pearls
Owner/
Contrib Comments
utr
Pat
Ashford
BW
SEW
CC1104
small self-coloured stopper with "Mountain Maid" stamped on shaft
SEW
gift from Naomi Cidder
bought from Canada, but looks European -- also has Imperial sizing
similar to Helex with
a black band around
the stopper, darker
blue pair four from
bottom of photo.
Ebay seller said the
listing also included
Aussie brands
Parfrey and
Swalloid, so I think
the Myrene would
be an Aussie name
too.
brand of Rhodo
Nacre?
National Needle Co
gauge
SEW cc
1069
current brandname - clear shaft with various stoppers in the shape of spheres, cones,
etc.
US - may have made hand sewing needles or machine knitting needles
Naturally
Naturally
Neatality Knitting
Pin Case, The
Needle Industries
Needle Industries
(I) Private Ltd
4xDP
amalgamation of
many other firms ref Norma Shattock
list
Pony
SEW
label reads : HandKnit Yarns by Naturally
for Wentworth Distributors Limited
SEW
Pressed tin case for very find 4xdp
It's pure New Zealand.
Made in Japan
Entaco renamed Needle Industries in 1946
Indian firm, budded off from UK firm, Needle Industries after WWII. Makers of Pony
products
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Needle Mania
Needlewools
Needleworks
Type
wood
straight
metal
straight
Myer/Grace Bros.
brand
Nema
Neta
New Era
Newes
Newey Goodman
Material
Noble
Nok-Clover
resin
straight
European -- looks like Rhodo stoppers
aluminum
straight
metal core
plastic
coating
resin
SP
SEW
SP
SEW
stitch holder
straight
see also Clover
brand
gift from Pat Ashford
"made for Myer Stores and Grace Bros."
now owned by Prym
Patons & Baldwin
brand
"Noble Nickel"
SEW
straight, DP SEW
Nicalum
Nicola
Nimble
Owner/
Contrib Comments
utr
metal
England
straight
SEW
CC761
SEW
4xDP
Poynter
ebony/plastic circular
nickel
SP
Nomotta
Nomotta
SP
Norris
circular
impressed on shaft "NEW ERA No 9 GERMANY" Glued-on hexagonal plastic stopper.
French?
paper packet
cc 372
imported into US by Muench
SEW
single needle found in op shop
name is on plastic sleeve, not needles
Correspondent mentioned : "Was looking through some old 1940's McCall
Needlework magazines and found an ad for something you might want to keep an eye
out for. Looks like a sterling silver knitting needle bent into a circle but is really an
award given to knitting experts by Nomotta - ad states "earned by exceptionally gifted
art needlework sales personel after thorough individual testing"." Name is still in use
in 2000's for a yarn brand Schachenmayr Nomotta.
Novelty Rubber
Company
See N.R.Co.
See also Goodyear
hard rubber
Novi
"Rundpinne"
circular
straight
active 1853-1886, first in Beacon Falls, Connecticut, then in New Brunswick, New
Jersey, and with a store in New York City from 1856
GL/ SEW
Made in Lillestrom, Norway
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Novi
grey needles are
Novi
N.R.Co
trade name of
Novelty Rubber
Company
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
utr
SEW
cc 109
Nun's
Nun's
Nuns
Improved
Old Glory
Olnay, Amsden &
Son
"Our Own"
SP, 4xdp
circular
steel
circular
SEW
SEW
CC959
Brand name
Laddknit
Olympia
Orbitz
Oriental
Osaloid
Ostrich
wood
metal
N.R.Co inscribed on the shaft
Nuns is the trademark of T. Buettner & Co of Chicago, active first 20 years of the 20th
century. Refer CB/NN#13
four-pin set, in black cardboard cylindar; "made in Germany"
USA, 1930's from appearance of the paper packaging.
London haberdashery firm which also sold Crescent brand needles, gauges, etc., in
their 1888 catalogue. Still active through first decades of 20th century
SEW
bone
straight
Crescent brand
metal
4xDP
SEW
CC 994 in paper packet
brand name for
James Smith &
Sons
Morris & Yeoman
brand
metal
straight
GL
made in England
metal
4 x DP
SEW
in paper packet (Ref CC Item 137)
SEW
CC983
Shaft inscribed "5 Oxweld No 25 M Bronze Patented". Bought from Canada.
SP 4xdp
SEW
CC933,
1005
GL/SEW
inscribed on shaft "PAR USA". Shaft also has cuts; the number of cuts of indentations
equals the size of the needle, eg., 3 cuts - size 3. ??
teal blue, made in England; two different kinds of stopper
straight,
4xDP
SEW
one set owned by Bruce's mother
Oxweld
nickel coated SP
bronze ??
Palace
Par-USA
resin
Paragon
Parfrey
aluminum
Parfrey
resin
metal
resin
wholesaler's box of one dozen
I think this is an Australian brand; I've never found them in the UK. One of the Aussie
Patons & Baldwin's books recommends them, and JP in UK has never seen them
there.
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Parloch
Parloch
Partridge
Type
aluminum
SP
SEW
CC1087
metal
4xDP
SEW
paper packet includes a partridge logo
resin
4 x DP 12"
SEW
still with 1 inch wrapper around the set. Wrapper shows behive logo with P&B in
centre and name logo Patons
"made in Aus"
Canadian co.
brandname and
trademark of
Brabant & Co
Patons
Patons
Patons
Patons
Patons & Baldwin
Owner/
Contrib Comments
utr
Material
Supersonic
Beehive
resin
straight
SEW
SP
SEW
huge hollow plastic
4 x DP
SEW
Paper wrapper around set -- no logo
GL
Australia
GL
Marbletone was a casein-based needle produced by Australian Swallow firm. See also
Queen Bee and Swallow.
"The Queen of Knitting Needles" -- see below photo
faux tortoise straight
shell
1 pair Patons
(double ended)
1 pair Patons - 12"
long, gauge 12
.
1 pair RARE Patons
(Beehive ends) - 12"
long, gauge 7
.
1 pair marked
2.75mm - 9 ¼" long,
gauge 12, these are
early Lucite type
plastic, and are an
unusual color.
Patons & Baldwin
Patons & Baldwins
"Beehive" or "Queen resin
Bee")
marbletone
Queen Bee
aluminum
straight
4 x DP