understood that the number of needle tips 126 may vary such that a suitable number of needle tips may be determined by one skilled in the art according to the particular application fig2 shows a preferred needle assembly of the present invention 20 having four independent handle portions 22a 22b 22c 22d connected together in accordance with the present invention although fig2 shows an individual handle portion 22 for each needle tip 26 it is not necessary that each needle tip 26 have its own handle portion as will be appreciated any convenient number of needle tips 26 may be attached to each handle portion 22 as determined by those skilled in the art so long as the order of such needle tips may be selectively arranged by the user to alter resulting stitches as will be explained below each individual handle portion 22 has a distal edge 24 and at least one needle tip 26 which extends from the distal edge 24 fig3 is a partially exploded top plan view of the needle assembly 20 showing two additional needles 22e and 22f being added to assembly 20 one of the primary advantages of this invention is the ability to change the number and order of needle tips 26 in the needle assembly 20 therefore each handle portion 22 includes means e g 28 for detachably connecting adjacent.