Stick a needle in your needle. Okay, that sounds a little strange, BUT it works. I use a very thin needle (such as a beading needle or a quilting sharp needle size 7 or 9), and put the point into the eye of Amaya's needle. I use a thin hand needle because it will generally be wedged into the eye of the Amaya needle. It points out the direction the eye of the needle is going. No more guesswork!