How To Thread a Needle For Sewing

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by: Sophie Sewing
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Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 Time: 4:01 AM
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First of all, we recommend trimming the end of the thread at a 45% degree angle that will be put through the eye with very sharp pair of scissors. This will give it a nice clean edge and help you work it through the eye of the needle. You can consider coating the thread with bees wax to strengthen and stiffen the thread.

Make sure you have plenty of lighting aswell, do not try and do this in poor lighting! If you are unable to see the eye of the needle, place a contrasting color behind the needle.

Now you'll decide whether to do double or single threaded.

Single Threaded

Simply pull the thread through the eye of the needle so that it is a few inches from the end. You can then cut the length and knot the longer single thread however you like and begin sewing.

Make sure you are holding the shorter bit of thread close to the needle while sewing - otherwise, it will slip through the eye and you'll have to keep rethreading it over and over! Pull several inches of the thread through the eye of the needle aswell so this will help keep the needle from becoming un-threaded as you work.

Double Threaded

Pull the thread through the eye and double it up. The end that's threaded through the eye will meet up with the thread from the spool. This way you'll have two tail ends. You'll knot these together and then sew with the doubled up thread.

If you have problems with this, you can buy a needle threader which some of the ladies at Cooper Sewing Machines use. They can be quite useful for those with bad eyes or shaky hands! :)

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This article was written by Sophie Dawning of Cooper Sewing Machines http://www.coopersewingmachine.co.uk/. Stitching, chatting and cups of tea!