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How to thread a traditional sewing needle.
by Pam Turner
Search through that package of umpteen
assorted sized needles you have had since
high school to find the last needle with an eye
big enough you can see it.
Carefully cut the end of the thread at just the
right angle to make it thin enough to go through
the needle's eye.
After three tries, put a quarter in the swear jar
and stick the end of the thread into your mouth.
Twist the fraying ends with your tongue.
Explain to your three year old, that, no you are
not "tasting" the thread and he should not eat
thread either.
Stab the wet end of the limp thread again at the
hole that seems to wiggle when you look at it
Pinch the end of the thread to form a sharp point
and aim. Suck on it again. When that fails and
you think you will try to suck on the eye of the
needle instead of the thread, decide otherwise
because your child is still watching.
Dig through your sewing box again to find the
needle threading tool you know you bought last
year. Hand over the two dimes and a nickel you
find in the box to your son to add the swear jar.
Once you find the threading tool, unbend the
wire. Aim the diamond shaped wire toward the
hole you cannot see. When you somehow get
the threader into the eye, take the thread, now
drooping from your son's mouth.
Explain to him that white thread does not taste
any different than colored thread so he doesn't
need to get you another color to try.
Put the soggy thread into the diamond shaped
wire and pull the needle threader back out and,
wonders of wonders, the needle is threaded.
Yes!
After a short celebration dance with your son,
untwisting all the purple and green thread he
has managed to wrap around his tummy, you
sit down to sew that button back onto your
favorite shirt.
Glancing at the clock, you realize you are late for
work and toss the shirt back into the bulging
pile of clothing in need of mending.
Put the now threaded needle through the top of
the kitchen curtain where you hope you will
remember you put it and you son can't reach it.
Toss the button back into the junk drawer .
Stuff a dollar bill into the swear jar then drop
your child off at daycare. Explain to the daycare
provider that his vocabulary skills may have
increased and that she might want to hide her
sewing box.
Spiral Eye side threading needle:
Not a needle, its a solution.TM
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