Eye sight is dimming
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx.
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I use a makeup mirror/magnifier. You can get little ones for super cheap at a dollar store. Sometimes I just am tired and seem to get cross-eyed.LOL! JK. They really are nice. I keep in my tool cache.
#14
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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My Bernina has a little device that threads the needle, I have a Bernina set of magnifying glasses for my machine for detailed sewing. On my old singer, I hold a white index card behind the needle to make the hole more visible.
#17
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
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This method also works for me. I do put my face down close to the needle when threading because I have double vision and need to be up close to actually see the hole in the needle. Even so, 'spit' method of threading the needle decreased the number of attempts at threading significantly!
#18
That's what I do also, except I just wet the back of the needle eye. If I have a problem with that, I clip on magnifying glasses so that I can see better. The magnifying glasses really help. Also, I have an Ott light on each side of my machine. The extra light helps me. I, too, have a Bernina. My automatic needle threader isn't working now. That's something I'll get repaired when I take the machine in.
#19
I have an old Nechhi needle threader. I know that JoAnn's and Nancy's notions carry something similar for threading machine needles. I used to use it all the time. Since the eye surgeries I don't use it anymore.
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