You don't need a special needle for the purple Kenmore. It takes the same class 15 needle as the other machines you have had.
May I ask why you feel you don't deserve a 700.00 sewing machine? Sew on the Juki. It is a great machine, much better than any other machine you have brought home to date. If you keep neglecting it, I'm going to have to come show you how to use it. Don't make me come down there!
