I will try to describe the method. Thread your needle, and pull about 2 inches out from the eye, take the thread end and lay it on your finger tip, take your needle and pierce the thread about 3 times,(thread has 2-3 ply even if it looks like 1 strand) after you have pierced it onto the needle, pull the piercing down the needle onto the thread. Smooth it down and do your quilters knot on the other end and you are ready to sew. I was taught by an elderly quilter but maybe a QB member will know of a video on YouTube?