Hope it works for you Dina, you quickly get used to where the hook is and the way the bird is designed you really can only hold it one way, plus you can feel it with your fingernail even if you can't see it. I also use it for regular hand sewing needles. Part of the reason my friend gave me her Bernina is because of the auto-threader, plus it has a huge bright workspace. I can't read the buttons and much of the screen well but I'm learning what does what.
Edit: Forgot to say that this is better for me than the old fashioned metal ones with the thin diamond at the end. For one, the bird fits in more needles better! Two, remember those distance issues? It is only slightly better trying to target the diamond I can barely see in the right space than the needle.
I use a pretty large needle with a large eye when I hand sew on my bindings.
Last edited by Iceblossom; 10-09-2019 at 07:36 AM.