Despereaux threatens to kill Roscuro with the sewing needle. It may have come from an Ojibwe word "zhaabonigan" meaning "sewing needle". The killer attacks Nicky upstairs, stabbing him through the head with a large sewing needle. It may have come from an Ojibwe word "zhaabonigan," meaning "sewing needle". So in secret, she would use her sewing needle to cut scratches in her wrist.