Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:
needle [ˈniːdl] n игла́, иго́лка# (for knitting) спи́ца
vt (fig) (inf)подка́лывать (подколо́ть*perf)
* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.