Wait- do you thread the pointy end or the one with the hole in it?
As a child I laughed when my mother asked me to thread needles for her because she couldn't see the eye. Now my daughter does them for me.
My husband bought jewelers loops off of ebay under $5.00 (gets used for a number of things) It's nice for taking out slivers, seeing the size of a machine needle, inspecting the tip of a needle and when my daughter is at school, even seeing the eye of the needle. Some needle eyes are just to small to work though.