Abstract: A holder for needles and like articles both at the time of sale and for storage in subsequent use has a pad of felt through which the needles are pushed. Usually the pad is a block mounted on a generally flat base of vacuum formed plastics sheet with a backing sheet of card. A hollow in the plastics can provide a housing for the felt block and the needles can be pushed through both the plastics and the felt. A clear plastics cover over the needles can itself be bent to open the holder or the cover can be slidable on the base to expose a part of the base which is bendable to enable the needles to be gripped. Provision is made for closing the open end of the cover, retaining it in the closed position and limiting its opening movement.