While the world has certainly evolved and come a long way since the “olden days” of home-ec courses, there will always be certain household skills and passed-down lessons that every person can benefit from knowing, whether that means knowing how to handle a surprise house guest or remembering your grandmother’s trick to deviled eggs. Threading a needle falls under this category of skills that are no longer necessarily taught or passed down—but it is no less needed when you’re caught in public or on a trip with a clothing fiasco.
Put simply, people just don’t seem to know how to thread a needle anymore. Apart from the obvious concern that everyone should be able to sew on a button, if not only for the time and effort it takes to drop off and pick up a shirt at the tailor for such a measly excuse, it is the confidence of knowing you can handle yourself when the need arises that should spur us all to give it another go.
If you want to know more about this domestic expertise that could practically double as a party trick these days, prepare to feel powerful.
What Is the Easiest Way To Thread a Needle?
The easiest method to thread a needle for most people is typically the “pinching method,” which entails folding over the thread between two fingers, pinching it very close between your thumb and forefinger to create a looped end, and sliding the looped end towards the eye of the needle until it (hopefully) nestles itself. It can take a few tries, but is favored as a rather simple way to thread a needle quickly.
What Is the Hairspray Hack For Threading a Needle?
Similar to the old-school “lick the end of the thread and pray” method of getting the thread through the eye, the hairspray hack works to set up the end of the often-floppy thread for success, while also getting rid of any frayed ends that will keep it from successfully being threaded through the eye of the needle. Spritzing the end of the thread with hairspray will stiffen it just enough to be able to be threaded more easily, but keeps enough flexibility to be used.
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