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
Close-up of a tattoo machine needle tip working on skin beside dark outlines of a large fresh tattoo, with small spots of blood visible.
Tattoo needle working on fresh linework
Colour tattoo of a patchwork heart stitched closed with dark thread, with a silver needle threaded through its right side, in a neo-trad style on skin.
Patchwork heart with needle and thread
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 ink drawing of a crab gripping a spool of thread and needle, framed by sunburst rays and a looping thread, with the word Cancer beneath.
Crab with spool and needle, Cancer design
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
Fine line black tattoo of a sewing needle with a looping thread on the upper chest, beside a green top strap.
Needle and thread fine line tattoo on the chest
Black and grey sewing-themed tattoo on the side of the ribs, showing a dress form, scissors, thread spool, pin cushion, buttons and needles.
Sewing tools tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a dress form wearing a bow, a dashed stitched heart and a needle with thread, on a limb.
Dress form, stitched heart and needle
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of a cathedral with onion domes, compass roses, a skull, an anchor, crossed bones and barbed wire motifs on a white background.
Traditional flash sheet with cathedral and nautical motifs
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 dashed-line heart with a red sewing needle and looping black thread, a tattoo on the inner wrist.
Stitched heart on a wrist
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
Traditional colour tattoo of scissors, a ball of green yarn, a paintbrush, a pen nib and a red banner reading CRAFTY, with flowers, on a limb.
Crafty scissors and yarn tattoo
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
Close view of a tattooist's needle inking black linework on the back of a hand, with a second hand stretching the skin beside it.
Black linework being tattooed on a hand
Colour tattoo of a red thread spool with a needle and looped thread on the upper arm, in a traditional style.
Red thread spool and needle on upper arm
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
Fine line drawing of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle joined by a single continuous thread, drawn in dark ink on a tan background.
Sewing notions in a fine line design
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 compass rose tattoo with a long needle and blue, green and yellow watercolour splashes on a lower leg.
Compass rose with watercolour splashes on a calf
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
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and blue sewing thread spool with a needle and white flowers and green leaves, on the skin of the upper body.
Sewing spools and needle with flowers
Traditional style colour tattoo of a compass with red and blue roses and green leaves on an upper arm.
Compass with roses on upper arm
Realism tattoo of a brass compass wrapped in rope on the upper arm, set over an outlined map.
Compass and rope on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle joined by a single thread line, in dark teal ink on skin.
Sewing motif with spool, dress form and needle
Fine line black tattoo of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle linked by a single thread line, shown on skin.
Sewing tools and heart on a continuous thread
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stitched owl with button eyes, perched on a needle and thread, on the top of a foot.
Stitched owl with button eyes on a foot
Pencil drawing of a compass with a banner reading Before you ask which way to go, remember where you've been, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Compass with quote banners
Black line drawing flash design of two swallows, a spool of thread with scissors and a needle, and a banner reading CRAFT OR DIE, in a traditional style.
Swallows, thread spool and CRAFT OR DIE banner
Realistic colour tattoo of a tachometer dial breaking through torn, bloody skin on the upper arm, with numbers 0 to 8 and x1000 r/min visible.
Tachometer bursting through torn skin
Black and grey tattoo of scissors, a thread spool, needles and a thimble on the side of the ribs, drawn in fine detailed linework.
Sewing tools tattoo on the ribs
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 fine line tattoo of a thread spool with a needle on the inner upper arm.
Thread spool and needle on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a chickadee perched on a red thread spool beside a needle and thimble, with red script initials below, on the lower leg.
Chickadee on a thread spool with script initials
Black line flash design of two fists with HAND MADE across the knuckles, beside a spool of thread, scissors, a needle and yarn.
Hand made fists with sewing tools
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
Black fine line compass rose tattoo with W and S cardinal letters on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Compass rose on upper back
Black and grey flash design of a crab holding a thread spool and needle, framed by sunburst motifs above and below, with the word Cancer beneath.
Crab, thread spool and sunburst design