A friend of my wife, has asked me about sewing machine needles and a particular problem she has been having while sewing through some fabric that has some sort of metallic fiber running through it. Her standard needles are unable to penetrate the fiber and are pushed off to one side or another and render the whole sewing process less than perfect. I checked my information resources about sewing needles and did not find anything pertinent. Does anybody have any suggestions? Either of a personal experience nature or website with arcane needle suggestions for special need issues. I know that somebody here has probably run across this sort of thing, but I haven't, and the woman has 6 yds of fabric that she wants to use and is unable to do so with her present needle selection. My thought, at first, was that with an industrial machine, one could power through any situation like she describes, but that may, in fact, not be so, or at least, a prohibitively costly solution. Any help is appreciated. John
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13 years ago