Containers

Half the shelf takes a needle upright

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Heights are recorded for 237 of the 251 containers The distribution thins quickly above the median So the useful reading is a halving at every half inch An embroidery needle is a one and a half to two and a half inch object A beading needle is the harder case And the figure is an outside height, which is the important caveat So the honest statement is about a margin, not a fit Fourteen rows cannot be checked at all The tall rows are also the narrow rows, which limits their use Which is the trade this group keeps running into References

And that is an outside figure. The interior is shallower.

Heights are recorded for 237 of the 251 containers

Fourteen rows record none. For the rest the range is 0.5 to 6.745 inches with a median of 2.5.

The distribution thins quickly above the median

235 reach one inch, 219 reach 1.5, 162 reach 2, 121 reach 2.5, 78 reach 3, 39 reach 3.5, 21 reach 4, 14 reach 5 and 5 reach 6.

So the useful reading is a halving at every half inch

From two inches to four the count falls from 162 to 21. Each additional half inch of height removes roughly a third of the remaining shelf.

An embroidery needle is a one and a half to two and a half inch object

Which puts it in the part of the distribution where there is still plenty of shelf: 219 rows reach 1.5 inches and 121 reach 2.5.

A beading needle is the harder case

At three inches the shelf is down to 78 rows, and at 3.5 it is 39. A long beading needle is close to the point where the shelf starts refusing it.

And the figure is an outside height, which is the important caveat

The catalog records the container’s own dimension. Interior depth is less by the thickness of the base, and a needle laid in a closed jar also has to clear whatever the lid occupies.

So the honest statement is about a margin, not a fit

A 2.5 inch needle in a container of 2.5 inches outside height does not fit. The same needle in a three inch container probably does. The page states the numbers and does not convert them into an interior claim.

Fourteen rows cannot be checked at all

No recorded height means no answer to this question from the catalog, and no inference either. An unrecorded dimension is a record of what was not captured and not a statement about the container.

The tall rows are also the narrow rows, which limits their use

The two tallest shapes on the shelf are 6.745 by 1.95 inches and 6.664 by 2.39. Both hold needles comfortably and neither is a sensible container for loose floss, because the hand cannot reach the bottom.

Which is the trade this group keeps running into

Depth for the needle, reach for the floss. No single row on this shelf is the best answer to both, and that is a property of the shelf rather than a gap in it.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. Of the 237 containers that record a height, 235 reach one inch, 219 reach 1.5, 162 reach 2, 121 reach 2.5, 78 reach 3, 39 reach 3.5, 21 reach 4, 14 reach 5 and 5 reach 6. The tallest is 6.745 inches and the median is 2.5. The two extremes of shape are a 5.5 mL polypropylene lip balm tube at 2.375 by 0.617 inches, a ratio of 3.85, and a 473 mL clear PET French square at 6.745 by 1.95, a ratio of 3.46. These are outside dimensions, so an interior depth is smaller than the figure given.

Written from 16 CFR part 303 and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Part 303 implements the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and governs fiber content labeling on finished textile products; it does not govern floss, needles, beads or hoop hardware, and nothing here says it does. Heights and diameters in the catalog are outside dimensions, so no interior measurement is stated on these pages. This shelf is shared identically by nine groups and the sewing notions property enumerates the inventory.