Brand names A - Webster`s Knitting Needle Notions

KNITTNG NEEDLES - BRANDS AND MANUFACTURERS
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Needle Owners/Data Contributors -- Pat Ashford, Rhonda Barratt, Christina Bertrand (inc her newsletter NeedleNotes) , Judy Cameron,
Naomi Cidder, Judith Durbridge, Eva Haylock, Sue Lennon, Gay Lines, Molly Pearce, Joyce Poynter, Jean Price, Merilyn Tebb, Beryl
Warne, Shelia Williams, Robyn Zloch
"A"
ABC
Abel Morrall's
Abel Morrall's
Collingbourne,
Dexter Yarns
see Aero below
steel?
straight
wood
SP
SP
sew
said to be English; shaft does not taper to a point -- said to be a sign of first half 19th
century or earlier
stands for A.B. Collingbourne or America's Best Cottons - see Dexter Yarns in
Fabrics.net
cc 540
packet pictured below, middle, reads : Abel Morrall's Knitting Pins, Superior Steel
Tapered Points, made in England, One Set No. 14, In Patent No 19185 Rust Proof
Envelopes, Cross Fox trademark. Ask for The "Roma" Crochet Hook The Hook with the
Parallel Blade, The Flora MacDonald Needle Packet with needles stuck in flannel.
Abel Morrall's
Needles used the
trademarks Morralls,
Flora
MacDonald,Vulcanit
e, Castle and
others. The MP
register and tip
protectors were also
sold by AM in the
1930's.
Abel Morrall's
Aero "Twin-pin"
brass tips
circular
sew
The cord is very fine twisted wire "steel coloured". Brass ends, probably nickle-plated:
"cannot rust, will not soil" cc316
Abel Morrall's
Cross Fox
4 x DP
GL/SEW
set comes in flat metal case
Abel Morrall's
Abel Morrall's
Abel Morrall's
Cross Fox
metal
wood
metal
crochet
hook
JC
marked Cross Fox on one side of finger rest and "made in England" and size on the
other
see records under Flora Macdonald
4xdp
SEW CC
994
SEW
In shiney black paper packet -- note merchandising "safety stitched envelope"
Abel Morrall's
ACE
ACE
ACE
Flora MacDonald
Gay says
brandname for
Wimbedar
plastic
4 x DP
metal shaft
plastic tops
straight
SEW CC
1117
metal shaft
plastic tops
straight
GL
Redditch -- also sold SP with red, plastic square stoppers but rarer
stopper is cream , flat-sided, ovoid top with size in mm. (sew note -- not sure this is
ACE)
Also white mitre top -- see hardcopy photos
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Arc en Ciel
Material
Type
metal
SP
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
SEW
cc938
means "rainbow"
Addi
Natura
bamboo
circular
Addi
Addi
Addi
owner is Skacel
metal
straight
SEW
plastic stopper -- gift from GL
Turbo
brass tips
circular
Turbo is a "condo" different size on each of the metal tips' German
Turbo
resin
flexible SP
Aero
Brand name of Abel metal
Morrall -- see above
"Bernat"
metal
JD
Resin tip with a plastic, flexible shaft, ending in a "button" to keep knitting on. Said to
be for afghans or other big pieces of knitting.
with packet
straight
SEW
pairs and kit, English cc549
Featherlite
metal
straight
SEW/ GL
Aero and Abel Morrall's now owned by Inox ? BUT don't think Featherlite is an Aero
brand -- see notes under Featherlite below
See also entry for
Morrall's Aero
Circular Twinpin
metal/resin
circular
SEW
Aero
Aero
Aero
Aero
Aero
4 x DP
German firm - see photo below
other brand names
Satinised and Tootal
NOTE trademark acquired finally by Rump & Prym
The 'Aero' nylon circular knitting
pin with a short and long point.
Made in England by Abel Morrall
Ltd of Redditch. Length 30", size
10. On the back of the packet is a
chart showing all the available
sizes and also a list of other
products. It tells us that the
company was established in 1785
and that they are the makers of
the Flora McDonald range of
needles.
I don't know the exact date on this
but the graphics and fashion of the
lady on the front suggest 1940s.
Afghan-Fance
Aiguilles à tricoter
SP
French
SEW
cc1005
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Airborne
metal
4xdp
Poynter
British
Airlite
metal
straight
SEW
Ajax
Akra
AKP
metal
SP
on some needles a flattened area on shaft reads "AIRLITE 3mm" on one side and
"Gold Seal 11" on the other. Some have hexagonal stoppers, similar to Lewis's Wools,
but these don't say Gold Seal. Also a pair without a paper wrapper says Airlite Gold
Seal made in England
US - photo on hardcopy file
aluminum
straight
Sew
European
SEW
gift from Gay Lines -- logo on stopper matches that on packaging for circulars, made in
UK
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
stands for Avon
Knitting Products
AKP
circular
resin
SP
Alcester
Needlemakers
Society
co-op that made knitting pins some times between 1888-1936 - ref Molly Pearce NN
#21 p168
Aldermanbury
Alipins
annodised
4xdp
SEW
CC994
"made in England" paper packet has a vertical boars head crest.
4 x DP
GL/SEW
blue (in packet)
Alipins
wrapper says
metal
Canadian reg made
in England
4 x dp
SEW
Alfred Shrimpton
THE FACTORY
metal
WAS IN REDDITCH
ENGLAND WITH
THE AMERICAN
DEPOT BEING 273
CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
4 x DP
SEW
CC802
paper
packet
only
Alfred Shrimpton
Redditch
needlemarker
originally from Lang
Grendon in 1860's
Name
Alfred Shrimpton
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Alox
"American" Brand,
The
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
SP
SEW
straight
SEW
Celia Haby (?short
for firm named Celia
Haberdashery?)
Alma
America
Type
aluminum
see also Diamond
brand for same box
SEW
cc 1050
metal
circular
cc 723 small paper wrapper says ALMA aluminum knitting needles - destinctive US
crimped stoppers with size but no name on needle
Name
American
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
coated
aluminum
metal
SP
4xdp
SP
SEW
cc967
SEW
4xdp
straight
SEW
cc907
SEW
4 x DP
SEW
One case says
"Finest Spring Steel,
American Needle
Co.'s Superfine
Knitting Needles".
Don't know if this is
the same company
as the entry noted
above.
Analox
Andes
Andy
Anlaby
Apex
Material
resin
same pressed metal metal
case as Cross Fox ?
API
Apple
Archer
Millward brand
Archerite
Millward brand
resin
made in England 4xdp in paper packet
bought in Peru 2006
British
clear yellow resin, black stopper ANLABY inscribed on shaft
SP
SEW
French cc 606
circular SP
SEW
bought in Chili 2006 -- plastic sleeve says "made in India"
metal
straight
4xDP
"made in England" on shaft; small stoppers 4xdp nickel plated cc 431; brand name
originated with Walker, then to Bartleet, then to Milwards NN p 134
celluloid
straight
BW
SEW CC
1117
SEW
CC998
cc 583
Name
Ardee
Argental
Argosy
Argosy
Argosy
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Ariel
Armour
Aronelle
Aspasia
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Packaging reads
nickle-plated circular
"made in W
tips
Germany for Ardee
Merchandise Corp
of South
Hackensack, NJ and
Toronto Canada"
metal
SP
SEW
French cc471, 761
4 x DP
GL
packet only
4 x DP
GL
needles sold in a wooden tube
crochet
hook
JC
name curved across the finger rest
brand name of
British Needle Co
(CB - NN)
Argosy
Argyll
Material
metal
alternate spelling
Argyle
yarn producers ? Also see needle brand Cashmilon
metal
straight
resin
this is the place of
manufacture
sew
French cc 434
SEW
bought at Bairnsdale op shop
rug hook
"made in Canada"
straight
shaft marked "made in Aspasia, Chez"
Atan
metal
straight
BW/SEW
French Coloured shafts with change to silver near points in 11" and 15" lengths. Black
curved rectangular stoppers with size in gold. Plastic packets with paper labels.
Athena
Au Coq-Nicalum
wood
SP
SEW
"Athena 11 USA non-inflamable" inscribed on shaft. CC762
metal
SP
SEW
separate metal button stoppers crudely affixed cc 471 . Au Coq is a French jeweller
Au Petit Moulin
Aura
Aviation Products
Co
see also Petit
Moulin P.J.
German product
makers of Fingertip
SEW
CC761
circular
Montreal
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
resin
straight
Avon
resin
circular
Axi
metal
SP
Avon
also used AKP,
standing for the
firm's name, Avon
Knitting Products
"Baff", The
"Baff", The
Balene
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
SEW cc
1104
circular
circular
see Swallow below
and also Boye
backing card is datestamped 1935
BW
Balene
Balmoral
Banquet
Barin
Barnet
Bartleet, W, &
Sons
Baroness
metal
Barin Avargo Ltd
BW
straight
4 x DP
SEW
metal
SP
SEW
Holdfast
P.G. Roberts
Bates
presumably a brand resin
marking for CJ
Bates & Son
manufacturers of
Susan Bates and
Zephyr brands
metal
Packet reads "made in Australia. Swallow Needle Mfg Co." "The Balene Story" printed
on card insert.
name used by Swallow, Boye, and others to denote (probably casein-based) resin
needles claimed to have the same properties as baleen, the filters found in whales
"Balmoral" impressed into shafts. Moulded self stoppers
English
annodised
aluminum
draper or warehouse
Bato
straight
straight
Basset Powell
C.J. Bates & Son
bought from Canada, but looks European, but shows Imperial sizing
"probably 1940's" Paper wrapper says made in Redditch Eng and has the size written
on by hand
needle manufacturers, Redditch, active by at least 1813. Bartleet's name appears on
the Holdfast needle case (see CC 1101).
detatchable
kit
kit
4 x DP
See also Countess and Dutchess
SEW
Fold ovr wallet with 8 sets of 4xdp, pretty standard inscribed The Sunflower Knitting
Needle Case and giving the details Bassett Powell, 83 Westbourne Grove, WK..
Presumably London. Held in V&A, item no. T.712:1-1995, dated between 1870 and
1890. engraved on the mid-point of the shaft cc 359
lightly
See entries under Susan Bates and Zephyr brands
SP
SEW
included with the parcel of Russian needles cc 690
Name
A.G. Bayliss &
Sons
A.G. Bayliss &
Sons
Beehive Brand or
Beehive
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Sphinx Brand
steel
4 x DP
SEW
in packet, marked "Made in England". Also marked in Spanish and French.
SEW CC
1014
Also a knitting pin case with sizes 12-20 by 4 needles CC1014 gold embossd on front
"Baylis's South Kensington Knitting Pin Cse.
SEW
for the straights, name and size sometimes engraved on shaft; sometime stopper has a
"beehive" shape, sometime stopper is flat-topped. Some 4xDP have name inscribed
NEAR TIP (most unusual placement)
Patons brandname
resin
Beeswax
Belding Coticelli
Bell Yarn Co
Ber-Mel
Mitten or Sock
resin
Ber-Mel
Bienna
Birch
Birch
Birch
Birch
Birch
straight
Canadian firm 125 years old, mostly selling elastics, thread, and trim
4 x DP
crochet
hook
straight
4 x DP
Needle packet says "Fine Knitting Yarn since 1923"
circular SP
Berkalin
Bernat
also Bernat Aero
Bernet
"Best Quality
English Material"
Betterwear
Bex
4 x DP
circular
straight
SEW cc
579, CC
1005 loose
dp needles
in a retail
box
SEW
CC1005
resin
4 x DP
SEW
14" straight
Aero brand -- see
records for Aero
aluminum/
nylon
circular
Jackpin
painted wood
length, name Berkalin, and size in mm marked on shaft of the straights near the
stopper and at the midpoint of the DP. Black hemispheric stopper engraved with the
size or with K or with W or M inside a diamond.
made in Germany? Or in England? Or in both?
name inscribed on shaft
resin
straight
BW
early plastic
straight
Paper label printed with a Union Jack and Guaranteed Best Quality English Material.
free giveaway needle threader - see photo under Mikado
metal
SP
SEW, BW Wrapper or label marked "British Xylonite production".
See also Halex which is similarly marked.
Tapering hexagonal stoppers
SEW
cc558 impressed Bienna on shaft in deco lettering. England on other side.
Brich Knitting Pins
resin
straight
BW
Pony Pearl
metal resin
straight
GL
BW/SEW
Green shafts with white stoppers in plastic packet
metal
straight
SEW
needles sold in Australia packages say "packed by Milwards"
resin
circular
BW
Gold and white packaging
resin
Children's needles, 18 cm in length. Pale blue, white stopper with red eyes, nose,
mouth, face printed on stopper. "Made in India for and distributed by Birch" printed on
card packaging.
metal shaft coated with resin
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Material
Type
Birchwood
wood
straight
Birdseye
resin
straight
SEW
straight
4xDP
SEW
4xdp SP
SEW cc
1032
SEW
CC765
SEW
Black Magic
Blue Crown
date APR 10
1941 on the
back of the
package
Blue Ribbon Sock
Needles
For the singlepoint, the
needles frozen
inside the foil
wrapper are
G&T.
Bofix
metal
SP
Bohin
metal resin
straight
Coloured shaft shows in the centre of the black stopper. Birdseye sometimes
inscribed on the shaft.
double-pointed, made in UK
French
French brand, with "pointy" stoppers and no name written on the stopper -- see photo
below
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Bolide TM&CIF
SP
French
Bolton
SP
Brand name mentioned in Treasures in Needlework , p 61, etc. See also TCI Bulletin,
Fall 2007, for discussion on the firm.
Bon Marche
SP
SEW 1072 Needle shaft also says Goucester. BM was a British retailer now owned by Peacock
Group (originally a French retailer, and also in USA)
Bond
metal
machine
knitting
needles
Bonette
Boni
Boni Jean
resin
straight
SEW
straight
GL/SEW
novelty heads or stoppers on these; Pinocchio, Snow White (etc?)
circular
SEW
needle
gauge
SP
SEW
the cardboard packaging to which the circular needle is affixed is the same as that for
Zephr
also Bouquet knitting yarn by Dominion Woollens - Canada/US sizes on gague
plastic
Bouquet
Bouquet
Book Mark
marked "Fight
Tuberculosis"
"Bo Peep"
Boye
sew
BONQUET( urico Trade mark, ) STAINLESS ALUMINIUM. ON THE underside OF
THE stopper reads " ( MADE IN ENGLAND, URICO, )"
straight
resin
SP
SEW
cc1005
Shaft marked "bo Peep" 10" 4 France -- not a pair thought
metal
crochet
hook
SP
JC
logo "made in USA" on one side of the finger rest and size on the other. Some include
a metal tube cap.
gold coloured stoppers with resin needles. Packaging says "14K" -- probably the
casein-based resin claimed to have the same properties as whale baleen
The Boye packet is
printed with the
orange-coloured
skein
Boye
Boye
sold in Australia and UK, Bonette inscribed on shaft cc410, 458, 468
Balene
SEW
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Boye
Boye
Type
wood
straight
aluminum
straight
Boye
The Boye name is engraved at the top end of the shaft. The end cap is a carmel
brown paint. See photo below, middle pair of needles.
SEW
"Diana"
Boye
Boye
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
bought out by
William Wright &
Sons, then by
Newell -- see
Fabrics.net
Boye
Boye
Material
4 x DP
Circular Knitting Pin metal
circular
steel, nickel- straight
plated
SEW
"Founded in 1906, the Boye Needle Company was the first manufacturer to make a
complete line of knitting pins."
sold in a clear plastic tube with red stoppers each end, printed on tube "noninflamable" and 40c
metal cable, not plastic "The Boye concave point helps to eliminate dropped stitches.
See photo below
packet says the Boye Needle Co, Chicago
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Boye
Material
Type
aluminum,
etc
straight tip
with flexible
shaft
originally
casein
circular
straight
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Boye
Boye (The Newell
Group)
Boye
Balene
another example of
the old 4 x DP
SEW
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Boye
also sold in a
pressed metal tin similar to Double
Century
Boye
Little Boye Blue
Boye
Little Boye Blue
Boye
Boye
Needlemaster
Boye
Fashionmaster
Brabant
brand names
Partridge, Peerless
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
circular
Seller confirms : YES==2 of the circulars have Boye Blue on both ends of each one.
aluminum?
circular
coloured needle tips in a kit to screw on
circular
straight
metal
4xDP
SEW
CC767
paper packet says "made by the Brabant Needle Co. Ltd. Redditch, England". The
logo is a partridge. See NN No. 33 (p254) for company history. Became the Colonial
Needle Company.
Name
Bradford, Dorothy
Brevete's GDG
British made
British Needle Co
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
translates as
Patented (Sans
Garantie du
Gouvernment
Brunswick
brand name is Sail
Bryspun
"Flex"
Bucilla
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
steel
circular
SEW
cc428
aluminum
SP
SEW
cc 462
Pixie cap stopper with size embossed in circle on stopper. See also Jouvenia
printed on paper wrappers -- no other identifying info. Sometimes a small UK flag
Brittany
Bucilla
Type
brandnames inc
Argosy, Embassy,
Golden Fleece.
Brittany
B.U.C.
Bucilla
Material
firm also made needles for Woolworth
black walnut straight
SEW
5 x DP
white birch
doublepoint
ed
aluminum
straight
DP
circular
plastic?
USA Cardboard sleeve
USA , "no longer made"
straight
4xdp
SEW
CC933
"flexible" cream colour -- kits and pairs. Made in New Zealand
straight
SEW
made in USA; others marked "made in Czechoslovakia" or "made in England".
Packet marked "tapered sharper points great for fine cottons and silks". Also, some
resin needles have stoppers apparentical to Clarke's. Cc542
SEW cc
995
in paper wrapper. Black set cc 872
top of stopper reads : B.U.C. 3 USA
"Featherlite" -- but is steel?
this an Aero
Celluloid
brand?? Also
Clearlite
"Surefit"
metal
circular
in this photo, the
Bucilla are the grey
coated metal with
the nameon the
flattend portion of
the shaft and the oldstyle stoppers.
Bucilla
5xdp
Buco
circular
Seller confirms one of the shorter circulars has Buco inscribed on the needles
Name
C5
Cable, The
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
metal
circular
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
straight
made by Alfred
Shrimpton & Sons
Cableknit
circular
SEW
CC799
straight
SEW
Calmac
Cannon
resin
cc 567 589
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Caron
Carlile's
Carlton
Casablanca
Cashmilon
Casien
Castle
Morris & Yeomans
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Material
Type
plastic
straight
Circular
metal
4xdp
Poynter
metal
4xdp
Poynter
British
straight
Tebb
"product of India" (photo held by Webster)
SP
SEW
paper label says Cashmilon on one side and "free from Argyll" on the other
packed for Lindcraft metal
British
Abel Morrall brand - metal
see NN p 183
London haby firm ?
DP
sold in wooden tube, marked "The Castle Brand Knitting Pins"
"Red Heart"
resin?
straight
translucent yellow shaft with a metal core and a red resin heart as the stopper. Size
inscribed on stopper. Shaft says Chadwick's Red Heart cc 325
Challenge
steel
4 x DP
Challenge
Challenge
metal
4 x DP
metal
Celia Haby
Chadwick
Chadwick
Challenge
Champion
Charmin
Celia Haby (?short for firm named Celia Haberdashery?)
Red Heart "Starters"
(for children)
Taken over by
Coats & Clarks who
continued to use the
brand name Red
Heart on the
packaging.
Rhonda
Bartlett
JD
made in England
packet says "electro nickel plated". Photocopy of paper packet on file
crochet
hook
JC
"England" engraved on the finger rest
SP
SEW
made in Canada cc497
SP
sew
one pair is a replacement in the Symak case
photo from Ebay
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Charmin
Chat Botte
Chester
Chester
Chester
Material
Type
resin
bamboo
straight
circular
resin over
metal rod
I believe these are a resin over
brand name of C.J. metal rod
Bates
aluminum
aluminum
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
SP
SEW
Stopper is pixie shape cc606. Firm mainly produces yarn
straight
SEW
metal stoppers say CHESTER USA around the rim, size in middle cc549, 383 Or the
rim can be coloured and show only the size.
SP
SEW
cc 723 Size is on stopper but no name, but name appears on the cardboard holder
casein ?
4xdp
Chester
Chester
celluloid?
2xDP
SEW
CC945
BW/SEW
on cardboard card. Old packaging on Chester is very similar to Zephr and so are the
needle ends, so maybe Zyphr is also a CJ Bates brand
"Chester 3/mm US2 " engraved in deep black on cream needles
Chromaline
metal
SP
SEW
CC938
Bought with other French needles, so I assume these are French too. Great ovaloid
wooden stoppers
plastic/resin
SP
Poynter
Chromium
is this a brand name
or a description of
the metal ??
Ciesco
Cinderella
"The Circul"
Clarke's
Clarke's
straight
T. Hessien & Co
Only 1
Q.N.T. or ONT
resin?
circular
SEW CC
1109
Paper packet shows crossed fish which is the trademark of T. Hessien & Co. Ref NN p
241, No. 29.
straight
SEW
Canadian. Stopper looks identical to some Bucilla.
4 x DP
Straight
SEW
Clive
Clive
Clive
Clivenden
originally a brand name of Lewis & Baylis who amalgamated with Abel Morrall in the
late 19th century
paper wrapper marked Clive made in England
4 x DP
aluminum or SP
chrome,
resin
resin
straight
SEW
round self stopper. CLIVE embossed on flattened shaft. Paper wrappers cc581 say
"made in England"
US ? Clivenden inscribed on typical US metal stopper -- hardcopy photo on file
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Cliveden
Takumi
Clover
Clover
Ivory
Clover
CMP
Coats
see also Nok-Clover
Coles
Type
bamboo
straight
circular
4xDP
SEW
resin
metal
I believe that Clover also make Ivory brand
circular
Lustre
resin
Tootal
united with Red
plastic?
Heart in the 1950's?
British
straight
SEW
packet says "made in Australia"
straight
SEW
CC764
Nine pair of straight needles in a plastic holders, all bound together with a printed label,
saying gift set.
GL
see Embassy
Daintee
metal
straight
double
pointed
Collins
metal
straight
wood
straight
Ebony brand
made in Japan; distributed by Birch. The 4xDP have Clover imprinted in centre of
each needle.
crochet
hook
Collingbourne
Colonial Needle
Co, The
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
wood
Clover Mfg Co Ltd
Coats & Clarke
Material
COLLINGBOURNE'S ELGEN, ILL. ARMY & NAVY KNITTING NEEDLES, ONE SET
OF 5, SIZE 13, NICKEL PLATED, STERLINE, HAND TURNED...WITH THE
COLLINGBOURNE'S TRIANGLE LOGO WITH ABC - AMERICA'S BEST COTTON
(the ABC also stood for A.B.Collingbourne)!! Collingbourne's changed names in or
before 1937 to Dexter Thread Mills. See Fabrics.net
SEW CC
1005, 646
Flat button stopper has size with Collins USA around the rim
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Colonial Needle
Co, The
Rosewood
wood
SP
Columbia Products
brand name is
Minerva
resin
straight
SEW
Columbia Minerva Corporation. Selling yarns from 1870. cc 317
Compact, The
4xDP
SEW
Label on pressed tin case says "The Compact Case of Knitting Pins"
Comet
SP
Name
Conell
Cone Tip
SP
Plastic coated, also
sold in pairs with a
paper wrapper
around them
hollow steel 4 x DP
steel (but in straight
pic they don't
look like
metal?)
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Poynter
SEW
Copley's
UK yarn spinners
resin
SP
SEW
distinctive logo Copley's inscribed on shaft
Coploid
Copley's brand
resin
4xdp
Bought used at Liberty's of London where they were part of a display !!
wood
(bamboo?)
metal
SP
SEW
CC1126
SEW
Corona
Coronet
Coronoid
resin
needle
gauge
SP
Corrente Cadena
resin
SP
Craft Warehouse,
The
Craft Warehouse,
The
resin
detachable
kit
4xDP
SEW
Crème needles
resin
straight
SL/SEW
photo of plastic sleeve packaging provided by SL. SEW holds 4xDP green plastic
Cranley
Crafterschoice
Crescent
Manufacturing Co,
The
Cristalor
metal
straight
SEW
gift from Pat Ashford. Also cc 756
steel
4 x DP
SEW
CC994
in paper packet. Also sold in Jahncke 4-part tube. Redditch
Countess
Croma
brnad name of
Faudels
a centimeter ruler is inserted into the length of the needle, then the whole coated with a
polyurethene. Needle says Corona knitting needles Pat.P.
Sheila Williams says probably made by Wimberdar for Faudels, as they marketed
under the Coronet brand name
Coronoid written on the band, not on the needle, which is unbranded.
P.G. Roberts
SEW
Bought in Chili in 2006. (Cadena means crochet in Spanish.)
See also Baroness and Dutchess -- see hardcopy on file
sold in Australia
Osaloid
SP
de lux
resin
straight
similar stopper to Rhodo
Eva
Haylock
Dutch brand, wooden stopper
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Cronit
Cross Fox
Crowley
Abel Morrall brand
Crowley
also sold 4xdp in
wooden tube
Crowley
Wm Crowley &
Sons Celebrated
English Steel
Knitting Pins as
labelled on wooden
tubes
Crowley
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
4xDP SP
SEW
4 x DP
SEW
sold as a set in a pressed tin case
celluloid?
SP
SEW
one Ebay seller claimed these were balene -- they are certainly a creamier colour than
the obvious resin ones; I think celluloid. CC 537
steel
4 x DP
SEW
CC795
4xdp
SEW
CC872
Crowley
Crowley-Aero
with distinctive logo inscrib ed on flattened shaft of SP
Brown paper packet has same logo as on Crowley-Aero but says "made in USA"
CB (NNp19) says W.Crowley registered the Lion Brand trademark in the USA in 1893.
Don't know if this included knitting needles.
One of the
manifestations of
Aero, no doubt
4 x DP
SEW
cc537
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Cryatal Palace
Daisy Singlepoint
Crystalite
CWSL
Czechoslovakia
Daintree
Dama
Dayglo
Davey & Clarke
Dean
Delta
Denise
Denise
Dependo
Dependoid
Dewhurst
Material
Type
resin
bamboo
straight
acrylic
straight
Co-operative
Wholesale Society
Limited.
4xdp
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
"translucent acrylic knitting needles"
SEW CC
742.
Appears as part of the logo on a paper packet of Tower 4xdp. Packet also says
"warranted by Morris & Yoeman's Limited (could this really be CSL - Co-operative
Stores Limited - aka Army & Navy Stores?)
Fleishers ?
steel
straight
SEW
think this is a brand name or country-of-origin name of Fleishers or Bucilla. CC304
Cole's brand
resin
SP
SEW
gift from Gay Lines
SP
US brand
a description of the pearlised finish on some needles
sp
resin
straight
metal
SP
Poynter
SEW
Marked Ilford & Seven Kings -- probably a store with 2 branches which had the needles
made for them.
op shop find
straight
plastic?
circular
resin
straight
marked DEPENDO ENGLAND. Also sometimes DEPENDON ??
plastic?
straight
"made in England" in shank
SP
come in kits to screw on; "dates to 1977"
SEW
grey plastic shaft has a red stopper like ACE -- name Dewhurst appears on a red
plastic wrapper cc530
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Dewhurst
Diadem
See also entries for
Standard and
Millimetre
Diadem
Diamante
Diamond
Diamond
aluminum
"Nickle-plated Steel
Knitting Needles"
Peerless Novelty
steel
Co., Grand Haven
Michigan
straight
SEW
CC1005
needle
holder
straight
SEW
5xDP
Diamond
Diana
Diana photo
Boye brand
straight
SEW CC
1005
SEW
CC941
SEW cc
994, 851,
359
Self-coloured button mushroom stopper with Diadem around the rim and the size in the
middle. AND, I think Diadem needles sometimes had an oval label on the shaft
marked Standard or Millimetre with the size in the centre. See entries under these
names and photo under Standard which shows both the Diadem marked stopper and
the
label.metal-edged sleeve to hold needles.
Leather,
blue annodised, one-piece shank and stopper -- made in Italy
six-inch needles in a shallow cardboard box. See also America brand for same box.
SEW CC
also in a paper packet
SEW
SEW holding two cardboard sleeves, both of which contain needles marked Boye on
the stopper. cc507, 537
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Diana
resin
circular
Diana
aluminum
4 x DP
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Disc
Doll Designs
Don Maid
Dorcas
Dorcosine
Morris & Yeomans
brand
metal
SP
metal
SP
steel
4 x DP
SEW
CC1141
SEW
This word appars on Milward plastic sleeves, and seems to refer to the style of stopper
with the size on a circular disk with a cream ring around it.
Size 20, so presumably used to knit doll clothes.
SEW
CC989
Propiretary name for plastic knitting needles made by Charles Horner Ltd in the
1920's
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Dorothy Bradford
Brand name owned steel
by Hero Scoville
(see hardcopy photo
of pattern booklet)
Dosco
Elastic
Double Century
Milward brand,
taken over from
James Smith &
Sons. Also used
the term Steelnoid
Double Century
Steelnoid
steel and
plastic cabel
plastic
coated metal
core, also
steel DP
Double Diamond
Dritz
Scovill
resin
Du Berry
Shrimpton brand
Duraluminum
brand name of
Fingertip
brandname of W.L.
Jager
brand name of
British Rubber
DUREX
Dutchess
Dynasty
Dyno
metal
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
circular
SP 4xDP
sold in flat
tin tube, SP,
circular,
crochet
hooks, etc.
BW/SEW
CC776
GL/SEW
German
Label on flat pressed tin tube says James Smith & Sons The Reg-d Double Century
Case Size < > Est 1698. But the brand name was used by Milwards for a superior line
until the 1930s.
circular
SEW
CC1186
Steelnoid circular needle had twisted cable "erinoid" purple ends, and was sold in a
box (similar to Abel Morrall) -- say, 1930's
4xDP
SEW
straight
SEW
CC1005
SEW
CC1005
SEW
CC794
paper packet only which says "Use 'DOUBLE DIAMOND' Knitting Wools and
EAGLEY" Mendings" Found by GL in Bendigo. Eagley Mills, situated 2.5 miles n of
Bolton, Lancaschire, was where J&R Chadwick began business in 1820, making cotton
thread and tape - MP.
Dritz is a firm that manufactures a vast variety of sewing (and knitting) notions. Shaft
of needle says Dritz Swiss made
SP
Duralite
Duroloid
Type
straight
4xDP
4xdp
resin?
straight
4xDP
bamboo
SP
"made in England" DP packet marked Shrimpton's DURALITE
see photo under Jager, W.L.
GL/SEW
Ebay seller notes registered design no 445724 dates to 1904
See also Baroness and Countess
Dyno is the green
card in the photo
circular
straight
"made in Asia" inscribed on shaft
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Easy-Knit
see also EZY-Knit
brands
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
Canadian
Eaton
EEC, Product of
Elsa
British
Emanella
owned by UTH
metal
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Daintee
metal
kit
no other name on packet cc434
straight
SEW
CC1005
colour of shaft varies with size. Made in France
4xDP
SEW
Coles' house brand "made in Aust"
straight
BW
"Keepair" printed on shaft. Also Gold metal clips marked with size hold each pair.
resin
SP
SEW
Emco
Emos
Paper wrapper says EMBASSY Gauge" and a logo of a yarn with two needles stuck in
it -- similar to but not identical to the paper packet
"quality fingering wool"
steel
straight
Empress
metal
metal
corchet
hook
straight
resin
SP
metal
sp
metal
4 x DP
Endura
English
Entaco
sp
Keepair
straight
Emu Yarns
see also Jouvenia
John English & Co,
Feckenham,
England
BW, SEW "Emos 5" impressed into shaft. Rounded self stopper with light circular indentation.
Op shop find
with protective top
come with point protectors in stoppers
SEW
CC974
Also sometimes
Heureka
firm existed from 1930-1980
paper wrapper says made in England
the only remaining
needle-making firm
in England today.
Erinoid
Estebe
Eureka
SP
Cardboard wallet kit "made specially for the T. Eaton Co. Limited"
SEW
Emu
Emu
metal
in 1946, Entaco was re-named Needle Industries
metal
4 x DP
SEW
plastic/resin
SP
Poynter
Poynter /
SEW
Early name for casein and also the name of an early manufacturing firm of casein
produces including knitting needles -- name appears on some Milward needles
German. Tin tube with yellow background and a Spanish looking lady. Imported to
UK/USA at the time of Berlin wool?
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Type
Europa
metal
SP
Evangeline
Ewey
metal
4 x DP
Excelsior
Eyshar
EZEENIT
EZY Knit
EZY-KNIT
also spelled E-Z
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
SEW
CC818
SEW
plastic shaft, straight
resin stopper
metal
straight
SEW
steel
straight
BW
resin
DP
wooden
straight dp
SEW
CC837
SEW
see also Easy Knit
brands
double-ended, packaged in wooden tube
SP
Fairy
"Eyshar" impressed on one side of the flattened end of shaft; "8" on the other side.
Round self stopper.
Brand name inscribed in centre of DP needles -- UK
set of four in paper packet. DP gift from GL; straight cc 722
Cardboard sleeve says made in USA. These packets have a swallow similar tosome
Melbourne Swallow logos and they say "a British Empire product" or "Rustproof
packet"
needlesmaking
appearenamelled/sterling
to be packed in greese
British jeweller,
ends for knitting needles
F&B
Fairfax
cc601
circular
EZY-KNIT
FL
paper wrapper or packet
metal
"The Fairfax Knitting
Pin and Wire
Gauge"
REGISTERED No
278068 which was
during 1896
Semco brand
steel
SP
SEW
CC761
gauge
sew
double
pointed
SEW
French
A sticker on the back of packet reads : This envelope contains A DOUBLE SET (5
each long and short) BEST QUALITY STEEL TAPERED FAIRY KNITTING NEEDLES.
Commence on short needles, TRANSFER TO LONG WHEN THE WORK IS
SUFFICIENTLY LARGE TO HANDLE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.
(but my packet only contains the long needles)
Fallard
Fan
Fashionmaster
Faudel's
Favourite -- don't
know if this is
actually a name or
just part of a
description where
there is no real
name ??
Fearnshide
Featherlite
Kashimoto & Co
Boye brand
plastic
straight
bamboo
SP 4xdp
SEW cc
1051
Gift from Joyce Poynter. Needles are in a large cardboard case that looks like a
salesman's sample case. No later than 1930's, as the various branches of the
company have Ltd in their name. Assume that after WWII, such firms would use Inc
due to strong American influence post-war.
SP
brand name is
Peacock
Favorite Steel
Knitting Needles
Copper Coated
and Nickel Plated
1 set of 5 size 14"
mentioned in an email from Rob
"grey metal have "Aero Featherlite 2 Fleisher" on both needles
Name
Featherlite
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
labelled PaullSteiner LTD
Montreal
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
coated metal 4 x DP
SEW
Feather-lite
wood
SEW
CC971
large wooden needles in plastic sleeve. Cardboard top of sleeve reads "made in USA
$1.98"
FFL
metal
SEW
gift from Gay Lines -- 15.5" long -- look European
Fial
Fiddlesticks
Fifth Avenue
Filati di Florence
Filatura Di Crosa
Fingertip
aluminum
straight
wooden
straight
metal
4xDP
Poynter
British
metal
SP
SEW
resin
straight
gift of Marilyn Tebb -- metal shaft, plasticlozenze stoppers, name is actually on the
plasticispacket
shaft
a series of pastel rings
metal
straight
SEW
aluminum
4 x DP
These have the shaft flattened just before the stopper with the size and "made in
Canada" embossed
Package reads: "Featherweight, Smooth Fingertip Duraluminum Pins for hand knitting,
will not soil or chip, tapered points, rigid, 7 inches size 13".
resin
SP
SEW
cc 513
Missoni
Fingertip
Duraluminum
Fingertip
manufactured by
Aviation Products
Co., Montreal
Canada
Finsbury, W.H
Fix
Flaudels
Fleisher's
SP
Shaft flattened near stopper, inscribed Fial on one side and size on the other
SP
Scandanivan
wood
straight
SEW
resin knob
resin
straight
SEW
made in England; white/cream shaft, flattened black button stopper; very flexible
Also called "Celluloid Fleisher"
Fleisher's
metal resin
4xDP
SEW
Fleisher's
steel
straight
black paper packet very similar to Bucilla cc601. Also a 4xdp set inscribed Fleisher's
near one end of each needle. CC1024.
1 pair steel needles marked Fleisher's, Czechoslavakia, size 2;
Fleur
plastic
circualr
DP
SEW
packet reads "manufactured by NZ Needles Ltd, New Lynn, Auckland" -- purchased at
Inverloch op shop. DP a gift from Gay Lines
circular
SEW
Flexiknit
Spinnerin Yarns
published their
leaflets
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Flora Macdonald
Flora Macdonald
Material
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
metal
straight
SEW
Abel Morrall brand -CB (NN p. 9) says
that Abel Morrall
sold FMcD brand at
least until the
1920's. The
trademark was
acquired by Morralls
in an early merger.
Flora Macdonald
Flora Macdonald
packet pictured below, top, reads : Flora MacDonald Steel Knitting Pins, Over a
Century's Reputations, One Set No. 15, Patent Rust Proof Envelopes, Made in
England, Cross Fox Trade Mark, It's easy sewing with Flora MacDonald Needles,
Furnished in flannel Abel Morrall Ltd. Redditch.
metal
Fontana
foreign
Fosler
Four Turrets
Franklins
Frenco
"....maker's mark Flora MacDonald. They are nicely engraved with the company name
on the flat disc head, plus a registered number 703016 on the thick part of the needle.
According to the information I have found this woiuld date these needles prior to
WW1,or about 1911.They are 12" long and are very unusual in that the first 4" of the
needles are size 8, but then the needles thin right down to about a size 14" -- Ebay
notes from Aus seller. CC568. Also the original celophane wrappers in fragile
condition
4 x dp
SP
SEW
CC988
Rectangular stoppers -- see also hardcopy photo, gift from Gay Lines
term used on British goods after WWI, generally meaning German
straight
SP
aluminum
SP
resin
(celluloid?)
straight
mentioned in an email from Rob
SEW
shaft marked "Frenco 7 England" or "Frenco made in England 9" cc552
Name
Brand Names,
Other
Relationships
Material
Frenco
Fuji
Type
Owner/
Contrib Comments
uter
circular
bamboo
4 x DP
Rhonda
Bartlett
made in Japan