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Do the needles in fact "go blunt"? I have found that rooting can be fine, and grabs the mohair very well - then, further down the line, after lots of rooting, it fails to grab - so I get out another needle - and everything is fine again. It seems that the needles wear out - could this be right?

Does anyone think I would do better with a needle with more barbs? Since I am visually impaired maybe it would help me pick the hair up better? Just a thought, thanks!

Meghan

i really don't like the barbed felting needles at all, when using felting needles i found that the crown needles worked best - they do still have 3 barbs but all at the tip of the needles instead of down the length of the sharft and they arn't as "sharp" as the standard felting needle barbs seem to be -- sometimes i think the barbs cut the mohair when you stab through it. It can cut strands that it doesn't pick up.

i use the barbless german rooting needles, but for thoes who find these difficult or are hasitant about trying them (i love them so much i should become their ambassator -- seriously love love love them)!! Anyway, those that are wanting to stick with felting needles i really recommend try the crown ones.

As for thinking about trying one with more barbs - this will pick up more hair and plant it in your babies head, but its going to give a more plugged appearance which doesn't look so natural.

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still my love affair is with the german rooting needles and i could never go back to even the crown needles - honestly people they are not as scary as the "warning" that seems to accompany them about suggesting experianced reborners useing them only. This scared me off at first but am so glad i went out on a limb and ordered a sample pack. And i'd only done maybe 10 or so babies when i did so and was still developing my own skills and technique.

My personal oppinion is that they are a dream to work with. I use the 42g. the 43g i do find more difficult as they are so fine that unless you have areally fine first shear mohair, they really wont pick up the hair.

I actually think that when starting out, it would be best to develop your abilities around these needles, my personal feeling is that if you've become too use to the felting needles that you might actually find the rooting needles more difficult as you do need to learn a slightly different way of using these. everyone one finds rooting soemwhat difficult at first, so why not learn on a needle that in the long run will make your rooting look better and is quicker and easier

(Note - this is personal experiance only, and personal opinion only)