Yea, Pam! I'm so glad you're here and introduced yourself.
These needles are everything they are cracked up to be. On some quilts, and on some threads, you need to tie off and bury. My eyes are not what they used to be, and threading the needle (hundreds of times on some quilts) just wasn't an option. I tried the self-threading needles you can buy in stores. But again, after lots of buries on a single quilt, my fingers were killing me. Those two little spikes made my fingers sore.
Someone on a LA list posted about the Spiral Eye needles, so I bought some. They are quick to thread and, best of all, EASY ON THE FINGERS!!!
Welcome to the board, Pam!