the split eye needle will not easily let the thread back out as it is a mini lobster clasp not just a V. i forgot about these.
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Dave Andrus wrote: > Hi, > > I have used two types of needle threaders. My least favorite is the split > head needle. Rather than a hole or eye, it has a V at the top. You place the > thread in the V and then pull down hard. It spreads the V and the thread > goes into the eye of the needle. I was always afraid that when sewing it > would pull back out the very way it went in. That never happened to me but I > saw the potential. > > The second type is the type I almost always use. It has two parts. First is > the handle. The one I have is flat and oblong. It is the size of a penny but > more oval. Then the second part is a very fine but stiff wire. The wire is a > loop that is about the circumference of a penny. It however is pinched to a > point on the farthest distance away from that flat handle. > > You guide this thin wire through the eye of the needle. Once through you > open up the wire into a circle. Most fingers are then able to put a thread > through this big circle, again about the size of a penny. Once the thread is > through the wire loop, you pull the wire back through the eye, which in > turns pulls the thread through the eye as well. Then you can pull as much > thread through as you want, tie it off, cut the thread and begin sewing. > > I hope this description helps. > > And lastly you might ask where to get either of these items. I haven't a > clue. I would guess a sewing store or perhaps one of the independent living > source on line or by phone. > > Dave A. > > P.s. My wife says that she knew she could marry me because I proudly once > told her I can sew on my own buttons. Silly me. You guessed it. I still sew > on my own buttons 30 years later. > > > > Working together, sharing the light of salvation seen through the cross of > Jesus > > Rev. Dave Andrus, Director > Lutheran Blind Mission > 888 215 2455 > HTTP://WWW.BLINDMISSION.ORG > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of lvmumford > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:15 AM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] handywoman question- needle threaders > > > > I need to do some hand sewing and would like some advice about needle > threaders. I am completely blind and I know there are needle threaders out > there but don't know whick ones are the most blind user friendly. > Much thanks, > Linda > > > > > >
