For those of you who don't use a punchneedle, let me introduce you to the 'dreaded' threader! This contraption is used to thread the punchneedle. First step is to insert the threader through the length of the punchneedle. Next step is to put a length of thread through the end of the threader and pull it back through the punchneedle. Once that is done the threader is used to thread the needle by pulling the thread through the eye of the needle.
The threader is made from incredibly thin wire - and therein lies the rub! The wire tends to bend, to curve, to become totally useless after a certain amount of use. I have discovered that using the thicker thread that I'm using for my current work makes a needle threader buckle under the pressure.
Anyone who 'punches' will agree that the most interruptive part of the job is threading the needle. I purposely cut very long lengths of thread -- of course then I often have the problem of the thread tangling but nothing is perfect *smile*.
I have just received 12 threaders -- hopefully that will last me for awhile...
"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." - Kurt Vonnegut
