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Hari-Kuyo, the Festival of Broken Needles, was the beginning of the lunar year on the old Chinese calendar, and is now a festival in China and Japan every year on February 8. People bring to the shrine their broken pins and needles used in the previous year, and express gratitude for their service.
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I've broken sewing machine needles and the eyes in needlepoint needles, but I didn't exactly express gratitude for the broken needle, nor even for the service it had provided. I wonder if there are uses for broken needles, but that's for another blog on another day. What do you do that requires you to use needles? (You can leave comments below.)
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