The flat needle threader with hooks on each end is called LoRan. This website has them for purchase. They may also be available elsewhere. http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/6817.html Robin Illers CVRT, Rehabilitation Instructor Oregon Commission for the Blind 444 NE Winchester, PMB 13B Roseburg, OR 97470 robin.illers@xxxxxxxxxxx phone: (541) 492-1171 >>> Debra Sokol-McKay <dasmot@xxxxxxx> 1/8/2009 8:44 AM >>> Hi Robin, Can you give us the name and manufacturer of the product? Hopefully it is not just "made in china." Debbie ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:52:52 -0800 >From: "Robin Illers" <Robin.Illers@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: Threading a sewing machine and sewing >machine suggestions >To: <visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx> > > There are "handicapped" sewing machine needles that > have a slit down one side. They work best for > straight stitching, but not well for zigzagging or > other patterns. > > I recently found a flat metal needle threader that > is about 1.5 long and has different sized flat hooks > on each end. I am looking forward to trying this > one, since the hook is open on one side and is not > threaded like other needle threaders. I purchased it > at a local fabric store last month and am hoping it > stays on the market. > > > > Robin Illers > CVRT, Rehabilitation Instructor > Oregon Commission for the Blind > 444 NE Winchester, PMB 13B > Roseburg, OR 97470 > > robin.illers@xxxxxxxxxxx > phone: (541) 492-1171 > > >>> "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx> > 1/8/2009 6:35 AM >>> > I am curious if any of you, have suggestions on how > to make threading a > sewing machine easier? I have a customer who loves > to quilt, and has two > sewing machines, and has recently lost some vision. > I don't have a sewing > machine myself, I want one, smile, so I was > wondering if anyone has come up > with some easy or creative ways to get that thread > into the needle. We > tried the floss threader, wire needle threader (best > so far), self threading > needles (she loves), but wondering if there are > other methods that work out > well? > > Also, smile, does anyone have a favorite brand or > type of sewing machine > that is good for a blind beginner sewer? > > thanks. > > Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT > And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog > guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx > Guide Dogs for the Blind > Alumni Association > www.guidedogs.com > > The people who burned witches at the stake never for > one moment thought of > their act as violence; > rather they thought of it as an act of divinely > mandated righteousness. > The same can be said of most of the violence we > humans have ever > committed. -Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. > 1944) > > *********************************** > To view archives, edit list settings, subscribe or > unsubscribe from list: > www.freelists.org/list/visionrehabtherapist > > Administrator e-mail: dietz1112@xxxxxxxxx