When I'm going to be doing a lot of needle work, I load a lot of needle's then pin them onto a separate cloth. I then pin that piece of cloth to the edge of the cloth or applique/? I'm working on. That way I've only created a couple holes instead of multiple from loaded needle's. Idon't have to stop and reload. By keeping those needles together, I know which needles I've been using on that particular project.