needleful

How to use needleful in a sentence

• Old Mis' Meade, translating this, held her breath and waited; but Amarita only sighed and took a needleful of thread.

  Country Neighbors | Alice Brown

• The next needleful proved more successful, and the listener asked if the Ashbys were getting on comfortably at present.

  Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches | Sarah Orne Jewett

• "I didn't ask you," said Jane, biting off a needleful of thread as she had always been strictly forbidden to do.

  Five Children and It | E. Nesbit

• The needleful should not be lengthy lest it gets worn before it is all worked in.

  Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving | Grace Christie

• When a new needleful is commenced be sure to make the first knot very firm.

  Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do | Anonymous