The needles come in a small corked carrying tube with 8 needles in size 7 - .069mm x 39.7mm. *** Size 7 is the largest (.069mm x 39.7mm) *** Size 8 is medium size (0.61mm x 36.4mm) *** Size 9 is the smallest (0.53mm x 33.3mm). **** Well-known for their high quality sewing needles, The Tulip company of Hiroshima, Japan has been making sewing needles since 1948. Made of nickel plated steel under strict guidelines with cutting edge technology, the needles are polished lengthwise to ensure smooth fabric piercing. Milled to a perfect sharp, smooth tip, you'll love how smooth and slick these needles feel. ****** CANADIAN CUSTOMERS PLEASE NOTE: We take the needle carrying tube out of the box, flatten the box and then ship the box and the needle tube together in a bubble padded envelope. If we don't do this, due to postal size restrictions, the cost of shipping to Canada would be double. We want to ship these needles to you as economically as possible so that you can enjoy these wonderful needles.