Sorry you haven't gotten any updates on this question. Did you resolve it by yourself? If not, update your title with: Help request has gone unanswered: Needles. (Or something like that.) I know the members would feel bad if they new you didn't get your question answered. Machine needles are a challenge for me right now so I have been reading all the post we have on them. Some very interesting information. I will breeze back through them and see if I see the post the English needles were mentioned.