Thanks for the suggestion. I’m just new to the vintage sewing machine world and am really hesitant to buy “non-branded” items. I’m afraid to break the machine, though I know these old ones are built like tanks. But, it makes sense that buying needles from Walmart might be sketchy. My poor husband turned around and got me and made a pit stop on his way to work when I called to tell him I bent my needle and needed new ones, right then. No waiting. Of course Walmart was the only place open with a craft/ sewing aisle at that time of night.