Threading a needle is a simple enough task, but it can be frustrating when the thread bends and frays, refusing to go through the needle's eye. Next time this happens to you, try spraying it with ...
Still squinting at the eye of the needle, repeatedly poking the end of your thread right next to the hole and getting increasingly frustrated? No shame, we’ve been doing that for years. But if you ...
As long as people have sewed, they've probably been frustrated by attempting to push thread through needles. It turns out an easy alternative to aiming your thread at a needle and missing a dozen ...
Considering that sewing is supposedly a relaxing pastime, isn’t it odd that the very first step in the process – threading the sewing needle – is so difficult? That’s exactly what Minnesota inventor, ...
The usual way, as had been handed down through the ages, is, of course, to squint one eye, take the fraying end of a piece of string, and, with some help from saliva and scissors, jab it through the ...
Whether you're an experienced seamstress or simply need to sew a button back onto your favorite shirt, one of the hardest parts of the process is threading the needle. No matter how hard you try, it ...
It's one of life's many little irritations. You're trying to thread a needle and failing time after time. No matter how often you wet the end of the cotton and jab it at the eye of the needle, and no ...