clover desk needle threader
#22
I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I can get my Clover needle threader to work once out of about every 10 times. I have read the instructions several times as well as watching the youtube instructions so I think I am doing it right. Maybe I have a faulty threader. ( or maybe I'm faulty. lol) Anyway, I am ready to throw mine in the garbage.
#24
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 5,571
I use Roxanne #10 and #11 betweens for quilting. The only threaders I can get to work with the eyes on those needles are the Roxanne threaders. Reasonable so I'm not complaining. I used the desktop Clover threader with the Roxannes as well as other general purpose sewing needles (to complete bindings) with absolutely no luck. If yours works, enjoy! Mine, not so much.
#28
I have had mine for 6 or 7 years. I love it. I thread just about any size needle from tiny eye for applique to larger ones for everyday sewing. I always take it on trips, it is the only way I can thread a needle on the go. If something happens to this one, I will defintly buy another.
#30
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,334
I've used the Clover needle threaders for close to 15 years and love them. I recommended them to my cousin and she had a hard time with hers. She took it back and the LQS opened another and had difficulty with it, too. They sent them back to the company.... figured that batch was faulty.
I have found a couple of tips..... If your needle is bent, it won't work. If the eye is large.... probably won't work. I think it was James needles that I had some problems with, too..... maybe Roxanne's as well. And my oldest threader is starting to wear out. I just got another one this past summer and it's working great.
Getting the thread into the groove and having the needle straight up and down are things that I always pay attention to. It will miss from time to time with me as well but without it, I'd not be able to hand sew much. I use betweens #11 and the eye is so tiny..... a wire loop needle threader won't go into the eye.
I have found a couple of tips..... If your needle is bent, it won't work. If the eye is large.... probably won't work. I think it was James needles that I had some problems with, too..... maybe Roxanne's as well. And my oldest threader is starting to wear out. I just got another one this past summer and it's working great.
Getting the thread into the groove and having the needle straight up and down are things that I always pay attention to. It will miss from time to time with me as well but without it, I'd not be able to hand sew much. I use betweens #11 and the eye is so tiny..... a wire loop needle threader won't go into the eye.
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