I’ve been using the same one for a few weeks now and just noticed it was turning black. I tried to clean it but that did nothing. Is this something that happens with cheap needles? Is there a particular brand I should get?
I’ve been using the same one for a few weeks now and just noticed it was turning black. I tried to clean it but that did nothing. Is this something that happens with cheap needles? Is there a particular brand I should get?
Oh, didn’t you get one with your pincushion? …er—if you have a pincushion, I suppose I just assume anyone who does any kind of sewing would, at some point, have gotten the cheap “tomato and strawberry” pincushion and emery strawberry set. Usually neither is very good, but it’s actually kind of hard to find an emery strawberry sold by itself.
Ok so after replying I decided to go look at my sewing kit and the tomato pin cushion DOES have a little strawberry on it! I had thought that was just a little pom-pom to make the pin cushion look festive but now I realize it’s full of little beads like you described! I guess you learn something new every day! I’ve been sewing since I was in highschool in the 90s and never realized the little strawberry had a special purpose lol