How to Thread Your Sewing Machine When You Can't See Very Well
Good morning and Happy Saturday! :)
I've had to come up with some different ways to thread my machine since I started having problems with my vision. And then I got a new sewing machine that had a needle threader, and I was so excited about that one feature! The needle threader worked twice, but never again. :( So, it's back to my ingenuity. (Like I'm the only person who figured these two things out!)
One of the vision problems I have is a lack of depth perception. So, when I'm looking at my presser foot/needle area, it all looks flat.
If I'm sewing with dark thread, I hold a little piece of white paper behind the needle.
If I'm sewing with light thread, I hold a little piece of black paper behind the needle. It works really well.
The second thing I do is use a hand-held needle threader. All the hand-held threaders say they work for hand or sewing machine needles. But they only work for your sewing machine if you pull the thread from the back.
You need to be able to pull the thread through the needle from the front. Just like you thread it. I had some of these colored, plastic needle threaders. I got them at Amazon, for about $6 for 25 threaders.
They have a little, fairly stiff wire with a tiny little hook on the end. You can barely see it in the picture, but it's there! But I couldn't get it through the needle from the back.
So, I used a little point turning tool, you could also use needle nose pliers, to bend that wire 90 degrees.
Now I can insert the wire through the back of the needle, catch my thread in the hook, and carefully pull it through.
It can still be difficult to see the little wire, behind the needle, but I use my finger (on the other hand) to guide it through, and it generally works! Sometimes I lose the thread while pulling it through, but usually I've already pulled enough through that I can grab it with my fingers.
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