Things You'll Need:
- Beading thread
- Scissors
- Threader
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Step 1
Pull the needle open with two fingers. Wide-eye needles are long and made of two steel wires joined at each end. Open the wires to see the "eye" in the middle.
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Step 2
Pass the tip of the thread through the eye.
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Step 3
Pull the thread through the opening. Keep the eye open as you pull the thread. If you let the eye close, the needle may cut the thread or cause it to unravel as you pull. Make the thread as long as you need for your beading project.
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Step 4
Release your hold to close the eye. The closed eye will hold the thread in place while you work. Cut the thread.
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Step 1
Hold the thread with the thumb and index finger of your non-dominant hand and hold the body of the needle with the thumb and index fingers of your other hand.
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Step 2
Put the tip of the thread into the loop at the end of the needle.
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Step 3
Pull the thread through the hole until it is as long as you wish.
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Step 4
Cut the thread.
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Step 1
Hold the tip of the thread between your thumb and index finger. Pull it out slightly until there is about ½ inch of the thread above your fingers .
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Step 2
Hold the needle between the thumb and index fingers of your other hand. The end with the hole should extend past the top of your fingers.
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Step 3
Push the thread through one side of the hole until it appears on the other side. Pull the thread out from the other side until it is as long as you need it to be. Cut the thread.
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Step 4
Use a threader if you have difficulties inserting the thread. Push the tip of the threader through the hole of the needle. Insert about 2 inches of the thread through the loop of the threader. Pull the threader, and the thread, out through the hole of the needle. Take the thread out of the threader and pull it through the hole of the needle until it is as long as you wish it to be and then cut the thread.
