Originally Posted by nanna-up-north

I used to lose needles all the time and couldn't find them. I didn't drop them, I'd put them in my big tomato pin cushion and then they were gone. I was worried all the time that someone would step on a needle or that the dog would get stuck by one. The dog got that pin cushion ( don't know why he liked that) and it started leaking the stuffing so I decided to take it apart. That's when I found my needles..... over 200 of them. Come to find out, my two oldest kids were poking the needles in when they'd see them. And the tomato was so big that the needles would disappear. They had never told me....it was a game to them..... thought it was funny that I couldn't find the needles. I haven't had to buy a needle for years. My kids are in their 40s now ..... in their own homes. I never lose a needle that I haven't found since they've moved away.

Good luck on finding your needle. That can be so frustrating.