Schmetz has been the leading manufacturer of quality sewing machine needles in the world! The Embroidery Needle makes embroidery on the sewing machine child's play: The needle has a larger needle eye for thicker yarns, special effect or metallic embroidery yarns (with a round cross section). Thanks to the light ball point, damage to the (already sewn) embroidery yarn and the base fabric is avoided. The larger eye and the wider thread groove make it easier to feed in the thread, with low friction levels. This effectively prevents thread breakage.