I don’t know about you, but I find threading needles to be a necessity but not a joy. To me they are just a step on the way to the fun stuff.
Yes, I use threaders, but I don’t always have them close by when I need them. As a result, I struggle.
?Thanks to Mary Corbet and Jane Wood, the innovative method showcased by German blogger Luuzine Happel is getting lots of exposure.
See the tutorial here.
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Another simple trick for threading a needle that works well with multiple strands of floss and any size eye:
Wrap the strands around the eye of the needle
Pinch the floss around the needle and lift straight up
Slip the pinched end through the eye and pull through
This technique of threading the needle was taught by Ken Thompson, husband of Ginnie Thompson, with whom I made many trips to Copenhagen in the early ’80’s.I don’t think you can copyright something that has been on video since 1989.
Susan Greening Davis learned it from either Ken or Ginnie and I have taught it in my classes for over 35 years. Please give credit where credit is due.
If you look at the post you will see that I made no assertions about invention in the article because I did not know who invented it. The only copyright on this post is on the text of the article, which is correctly my own. The copyright of the picture is from the blog where I found it.
I greatly appreciate the information on the background of this technique you shared with us all. I suggest that you contact the German blogger with your other concerns because they are aimed at her post rather than mine.
Thanks again for the background. I was a great admirer of Ginny’s.
Keep stitching,
Janet
Wasn’t my intention to not give credit where credit was due and made no assertion that I had “discovered” this simple way for threading a needle; only that it was another technique.