Needle

A needle preferably intended to penetrate fabric, such that the needle comprises a nose portion (1) and a grip portion (5), and that the nose portion (1) is blunt, characterised in that the nose portion (1) is of oval cross-section, that the ends of the nose portion (1) are defined by radii of curvature (R1 and R2 respectively) of different magnitudes, that the radii of curvature (R1 and R2 respectively) are each situated in their respective longitudinal central plane (LP1 and LP2 respectively) of the needle (1), that the intersection of the central planes (LP1 and LP2 respectively) coincides with the needle's longitudinal centreline (C-C) and that the central planes (LP1 and LP2 respectively) intersect one another at right angles.