to all you sewing crafters.

[cookiecookuk]

i am having problems with my needle threading(blind as a bat);\i am using the little metal ones at the moment but they keep breaking:_|:_|(i am very heavy handed:O)what does everyone else use.

all ideas gratefully recieved:-)

[ilove2patch]

I use the ones you use Cookie. Try a magnifier around your neck.

[petitecalicocat]

The metal ones are not very strong so do break easily , i use them for handsewing .

[stroppy*cow]

I buy the metal ones in bulk from china and i put a blob of glue from the hot glue gun on the ends of the wire before I use them

[10phizz]

You can buy self threading needles...........they have a U in the top and you draw the thread down and it clicks into place. Must be sold on eBay, mine were from Betterw*re

[petitecalicocat]

These are good too , find them in sewing depts 

[*chez*]

You can buy self threading needles...........they have a U in the top and you draw the thread down and it clicks into place. Must be sold on eBay, mine were from Betterw*re

These are what My Mum is using.. she can't thread an ordinary needle due to an arthritic condition in her hands and deteriorating sight due to cateracts but she copes fine with these.

[huggles1253]

I bought a reel of invisible thread on here about a year ago, thought it would be good for sewing up delicate knits. I can't find the end though!

[numptz2012]

I bought a reel of invisible thread on here about a year ago, thought it would be good for sewing up delicate knits. I can't find the end though!

😐

[cookiecookuk]

like the idea of the glue stroppy.will try it.

and pcc i have a smaller version of that but can not get it to work.:-)

[*elphaba*]

Good tip for when you have to thread wool on to a needle is to use dental floss as a threader

I've found for most hand sewing jobs I have to do I can use a bigger needle without leaving obvious holes in the fabric.  A bigger needle provides a bigger target to hit.

My machine has a needle threading gizmo but it looks far too complicated to consider trying to use.   When it comes to it, I'll get one of those dangly magnifying glasses to give me a fighting chance 😄

[guardpig]

Threading need;es are what OH's and daughters are for - isn't it?.

Have trouble threading the thread through the wire needle threaders due to somewhat wonky eyes.  Then there is the  simple fact that they no longer put holes in needles to overcome LOL

Doesn't mind sewing knitting - my bodkin has a hole in it(a big hole).

[welshtoff]

I was having problems threading any needles, even the large eyed ones, until my daughter showed me a very neat trick which she was apparently taught at school.  A small piece of thin car, fold it, loop your thread or wool, and place it in the fold of the card, so that just a tiny bit of the loop is showing at the top of the fold. Push that fold of card through the eye of the needle, until the loop of thread shows, and then pull the loop up and out.  Works every time for me 🙂

[ilove2patch]

Surely the needle would need a big eye for that? I sometimes wax the thread by pulling it across a bit of beeswax to ease threading. Some of my needles have very tiny eyes & are very fine but a magnifier & good light help.

[captainbovine]

if you hold the needle up to a light coloured background it makes it easier to see the thread too.

I use those self threading needles but sometimes they shred the cotton;\

oh for the days when I was 11 and could see anything really well. I used to thread needles for my mother and undo knots in gold chains when she got them caught......sigh.....

[cookiecookuk]

some good ideas that i can try.:-)like the cardboard idea will try that 😄

guardpig oh's eyes as worse than mine :_|and daughter is in slovakia so flying there every time i want a needle threading is a bit costly:_| and i like the wax idea.will try both of these tomorrow as i have just packed up for the night.:-)

my biggest problem i also use a beading needle for beads and sequins so even smaller eye but i will persevere;\