Needle tattoo ideas

75 photos and flash · 31% Fine line, 25% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Fine line tattoo of a sewing needle with a teal eye and a trailing black thread, on the inner forearm.
Sewing needle and thread on a forearm
A gloved hand holds a fine needle above a small fresh black mark on a forearm, with no defined style visible.
Tattooist working on a small mark on an arm
Black and grey linework tattoo of a sewing spool with a threaded needle trailing below it, on the forearm.
Sewing spool and needle on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage compass emerging through cracked skin on the forearm.
Compass breaking through cracked skin
Fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping dotted thread running down the inside of a forearm.
Needle and thread tattoo on a forearm
Collage of nine sewing-themed tattoos, including a traditional sewing machine on a forearm and scissors with a red spool on an upper arm, with a fine line spool on a forearm.
Sewing-themed tattoos in a nine-image collage
Fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping thread in black ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top.
Needle and thread on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm showing a sewing machine above the words 'As ye sew, so shall ye rip', in a lettering and traditional style.
As ye sew sewing machine tattoo on a forearm
Colour traditional swallow tattoo in blue, red and yellow, with a thin black thread line running from its beak to a grey spool and needle, on a forearm.
Swallow with thread and needle on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket compass with N, E, S and W markings on the forearm.
Pocket compass on a forearm
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a red rose, a spool of red thread and a bee, with the hand holding a white pot with a succulent against a plain white background.
Traditional rose and thread tattoos on a forearm
Colourful traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a teal yarn ball, scissors, a spool of thread, a measuring tape and a red pincushion.
Sewing notions and yarn ball on a forearm
Traditional style red heart tattoo with black outlines and pins stuck through it, on the inner wrist of a hand with red nail polish.
Red pinned heart on a wrist
Colour fine line tattoo on a forearm showing dashed stitch-style script reading Lovely, with pink and blue thread spools, a needle and red and purple buttons.
Stitched Lovely script with spools and buttons
Colour tattoo of a yellow skeleton knitting with pink needles and blue yarn on the inner forearm, with a ball of blue yarn beside it.
Knitting skeleton and blue yarn on forearm
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo of a needle and looping thread on the inner forearm, with denim shorts in the background.
Fine line needle and thread on a forearm
Two traditional style colour tattoos on a forearm pair, one with scissors, thread and buttons on a MAKE banner and one with a whisk, rolling pin and flowers on a BAKE banner.
Make and Bake sewing and baking forearm tattoos
Fine line tattoo of a sewing needle with a dashed thread forming an infinity loop, on the forearm.
Needle and infinity thread on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a pine branch with two cones on the inner forearm, shown in a close-up and a smaller photo above.
Pine branch with cones on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket compass with a compass rose and needle on the inner forearm.
Compass tattoo on the forearm
Compass rose tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn in black linework with a soft blue watercolour wash behind it.
Compass rose with blue watercolour wash
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping thread running down the inside of a forearm.
Needle and thread on a forearm
A hand peels back the backing of a temporary tattoo of a wooden thread spool with a needle on the inner forearm, against a pink background.
Thread spool temporary tattoo on forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a needle with a looping thread running across a forearm.
Needle and thread line tattoo on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a needle with thread looping up the inner forearm, shown in a single blue-toned line.
Needle and thread on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm showing scissors, thread spools, a measuring tape and a ribbon banner reading Create.
Sewing tools and Create banner on a forearm