Sew the lid or circle which has been cut out of the top with a darning needle and heavy string.
Sew the opening with a darning needle and a stout string or fasten with toothpicks.
The needles were about the size of ordinary darning needles, and answered the purpose very well.
The very last thread is sometimes put in with a darning needle.
Now take a darning needle, and thread each thread in turn, and darn each one into the stuff.
As a rock forming mineral it often occurs as long, slender prisms, frequently about the size of a darning needle and radiating in all directions.
It was a long darning needle, and the detective, after examining it an instant under the electric light, slipped it into a leather card case.