Comparing Kogin Needles
◆ Comparing Kogin Needles
Today I’d like to compare a few Kogin needles and share which ones I found easiest to use with Kogin Dwell and Tsugaru linen, which I used for the book cover kit I sold this summer.
Needle preference is very personal and can also depend on how you stitch, but I hope these photos help show the differences between them.
This time, I’m comparing the following needles, from left to right: Tulip Kogin needles, Tsukiya Tsugaru Kogin needles, and Olympus Kogin needles.
◆For more details about Kogin Dwell, please check out this article I wrote previously.
Let’s take a closer look at the needle tips.
This time, I’m only comparing the feel of the needles, so I won’t go into the differences in the size of the needle eyes. I’ll save that for another time. Roughly speaking, the eye of the Tulip needle is smaller.
The photos were taken from about the same distance.
From here on, there are close-up photos of needle tips. If you are uncomfortable with needles, you may want to stop reading here.
Olympus Kogin Needle
You can see a clear difference in the shape and thickness of the tips.
The Tulip needle has a finer, sharper tip, while the other two needles have slightly thicker, more rounded tips.
It’s harder to see the difference between the Tsukiya and Olympus Kogin needles, but when viewed from the side, you can see that the length of the pointed section is different.
As for the stitching feel, I personally found the Tsukiya and Olympus Kogin needles easier to use with Kogin Dwell and Tsugaru linen.
With these fabrics, I felt that the Tsukiya and Olympus needles passed through the fabric more smoothly and gradually made the fabric easier to stitch.
With the Tulip needle, the finer tip sometimes caught on the fabric or split the warp threads.
Of course, other people may have completely different impressions, so if you have several kinds of Kogin needles, I think it can be fun to compare them for yourself.
For me, the feel of stitching has a big effect on my motivation, so the full book cover kit included the same Olympus Kogin needles that I used for my six prototypes.
This time, I only tested these needles with a limited range of fabrics, so I wasn’t able to compare all of their characteristics.
If I get the chance, I’d like to look into this more and share what I find here in the future. Maybe next year, or the year after. 😊
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