Originally Posted by Mizkaki

Linda,

Your Household is from the 1880s. It takes a 13x1 or Boye #2 needle. The 13x1 needle is unusual in that the flat is on the same side as the long groove, where a normal needle has the long groove on the front with the flat on the back. You still thread it from the long groove side.

Hope that this helps some,
Cathy