Sears had their own brand of sewing machine needles, and eventually color coded their needles.
Brown size 9
Orange size 11
Red 14
Blue size 14 (ballpoint Q needles)
Pure size 16
Green size 18
I will also include here, other brands of needles which can be used in Kenmores taking standard home sewing machine needles, to help when Kenmore brand needles are not available.
I am including many system names for the same needle system, since needle system uses needle length and circumference measurements in both standard SAE and metric systems, so different brands of needles label them differently.
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| Kenmore Needles were color coded by size |
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Kenmore Q needles with blue Shanks
Notice these do not fit models 49, 71 & 76 |
The majority of Kenmore home sewing machine models (except models 49, 71, and 76) use standard home sewing machine needles system 15x1H (standard measurement system)
also known as
130/705H (Metric measurement system) also known as 130 SES or EL705, also known as
Singer system 2020 (sharp tips for wovens) & Singer 2045 (ballpoint tips for knits)
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| Kenmore Twin Needles came in 2 types |
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| Kenmore color coded needle sizes. |
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| Kenmore color coded needle sizes |
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| Schmetz, Organ,Singer, and other brands can be used in Kenmore machines, if they are the correct needle system |
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| More needles for knits that work on Kenmore standard home sewing machines |
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| Organ & Schmetz Needles can be used in Kenmore seqing machines which call for standard home sewing machine needle system 15x1H , even though they use a different system name for them. These ELx705 (chainstitch coverstitch needles which have a second groove on the back) have worked well for sewing fine knits fabrics on Kenmore models 1803 & 1914. If I have stretching, feeding problems on knits, or skipped stitches, I try lower presser foot pressure, Q foot, or clear satin stitch foot, or roller foot, or walking foot, or a different stretch needle size, or tip type (SES, SUS, SUK, H-S) depending on the fabric |
