Thank you sew much for the question and thank you all for the information. My eyesight is not what I would like so sometimes have trouble threading my needle. One day I just couldn't seem to get the thread through that little hole, so my husband tried and he couldn't do it. Finally he said use another needle, that did the trick. Sorry to say that I never paid that much attention to the size. Just used a unversial needle and away I would go. Now I am better informed and will pay more attention. Thanks again. The older I get the more I realize what I don't know. BrendaK