Yeah, I had the same problem with those needle threaders breaking all of the time. I was buying them whenever I had a coupon at JoAnn's and yet I was still often "out of stock". Their cost really added to my hobby's expense
. I finally bought a spool of
very fine wire in the jewelry section of JoAnn's. I simply crimp the wire about an inch and a half from the end while it is still on the spool. I put that crimped part through the needle eye and just use my finger tips to hold the two wires together on one side of the eye while I thread my floss through the resulting wire hole. Then, pull the floss through the eye as you would if using those purchased needle threaders. When that wire breaks, I throw the small piece away and make a new crimp from the remaining wire on the spool. To keep the wire from making a jumbled mess because it wants to come off the spool, I put a hair clip on there. After 5 years I have used barely any of the wire so I am sure I now have a lifetime supply!