Tulip Hiroshima Sashiko big eye - 4 needles
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Tulip Hiroshima Sashiko big eye - 4 needles
This needle point is rounded to keep the yarn from breaking, making it great for woolen embroidery and finishing up knitting projects. Hiroshima is the largest producer of needles in Japan. The “Made in Hiroshima” label is proof of a high-quality needle that is rooted in Hiroshima’s history and traditional needle-making techniques. Hiroshima Needle is a registered regional collective trademark (No. 5124410) for the brand of needles created in Hiroshima.
Needles:
Sashiko Needles Big Eye Straight (Thin) / 0.91mm x 51.5mm (5.2cm long) #17 (0.91mm x 51.50mm) x 4
Features:
A quality eye
The needles have a somewhat larger needle eye, with a smooth surface both inside and out.
Strong body
With just the right amount of flexibility, the needles are resistant to bending or breaking.
Sharp point
The needle’s points have undergone special high-density abrasive polishing treatment for sharpness.
Smooth piecing enables easy sewing
You can stitch for hours with less fatigue.
Made in Hiroshima
These safe and high quality needles are produced at Tulip’s own factory in Hiroshima.
Needle Making Inspired by Local Character
The History of Hiroshima Needle production stretches back over 300 years, to when the ruling Asano Clan of Hiroshima Domain spread the practice as piecework for low-ranking samurai to support themselves. Since then, there have been numerous improvements in terms of both product quality and production efficiency and Hiroshima Needle has become widely known as a distinctive local industry.
Tulip’s needle factory is located in a region called “Kake” (in the present-day town of Akiota), about 50 kilometers upstream from Hiroshima Bay along the Otagawa River, in the heart of the Chugoku Mountains. During the Edo Period, Kake was known as the Geihoku Region’s own “center for tatara (method) iron-making” rivaling Izumo, which is also part of the Chugoku Mountain’s great iron sand producing region. The Kake Region achieved great prosperity through the use of water transport on the Otagawa River to bring in necessary materials and supplies from around Japan while also serving as a center for transporting iron produced through “tatara iron-making” to Hiroshima. In the same way, Hiroshima Needle production developed through shipping this “tatara” iron, which was made using iron sand from Kake, on the Otagawa River to the present-day City of Hiroshima, where it was processed into needles.
As Hiroshima Domain had a monopoly on this iron, the production of “sewing needles” quickly developed into a distinctive local industry. Even today, Hiroshima remains the largest sewing needle production center in Japan, producing over 90% of the country’s sewing needles and pins.
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