Mending kit

A mending kit comprising:

• a needle having a length, an eye at a first end and a point at a second end;
• an elongated housing, made of a relatively stiff plastic material, having an upper surface, a first end and a second end, which housing includes:
• a needle-receiving seat section, adapted to receive said needle, generally longitudinally disposed along said upper surface, said seat section including:
• a horizontally disposed needle guide/point protector, adapted to receive and protect said pointed second end of said needle;
• and
• resilient means, movable from a normal, blocking position to a deflected, non-blocking position, for blocking inadvertent longitudinal movement of said needle, said blocking means located at and extending away from said upper surface generally near said first housing end, said blocking means opposite and axially aligned with said eye when said blocking means is in the blocking position to prevent removal of said needle from said needle guide/point protector, said blocking means spaced apart from said eye, permitting longitudinal movement of said needle from said needle guide/point protector, when said blocking means is in the non-blocking position;
• and
• a spool section between said needle guide/point protector and said resilient blocking means;
• and
• a length of thread, having a first end and a second end, wrapped about said needle and said spool section of said housing;
• whereby said needle and thread are visible with said needle point protected by said needle guide/point protector.