Big Eye Needles Beading (Set Of 4) - Easiest Needle To Thread

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As expected

My sister needed these needles. I ordered and they got to her.

Okay don't laugh but it took me several tries and some frustration moments when I first bought these two or three years ago for beading. I could not for the life of me figure out where the "big eye" was on this needle. Then after fiddling with it for a few minutes, I realized the entire needle is the "big eye". What a joy threading beading string through these needles. For those of you who are having trouble, just use your fingernail and lightly run it the length of the needle. It will separate lengthwise and from there just manipulate your beading string through it as you would thread a regular needle. I will never go back to using any other needle for my beading projects. A few of these big eyed needles that I had purchased from Hobby Lobby last year (a completely different brand btw) have bent from me storing them carelessly and also that these are much sturdier than that other brand. I now use one of those a needle tubes from the sewing department at Hobby Lobby for my beading needles. They fit perfectly in those tubes. I use my beading needles a lot since I do so many projects with seed beads. These tend to keep their shape much better and as long as you store them correctly they will last you for years. I would recommend this brand over any other brand.

I don't have a problem getting a needle threader and thread through a beading needle. My problem is I always break the needle threader when pulling the thread through the eye of the needle. This ends up being a big waste of money continually buying needle threaders.So I decided to try some different types of needles that were easier to thread. I tried the collapsible large eye needles first that have a large eye at just the top of the needle. The needles ended up being like the wire needles that come with silk thread- not my favorite and a little more flexible than I like.These big eye needles are obviously very easy to thread as they completely open in the middle of the needle. They stay firmer than the other collapsible large eye needles I tried. They bend slightly, but are sturdy enough to run thought a large strand of beads on a loom. I use them with size 10/0 and size 15/0 seed beads with no problem. So far I've only broken one needle and this was after many, many uses. As other reviews have commented it will leave a kink in the thread where it rests in the eye of the needle but that isn't really any issue for me.I have also used these needles with thin elastic to make stringing beads on elastic quicker. The kink does create a problem here because the kink will cause the elastic to weaken and break. My remedy for this is to make a very short tail and snip that along with the kink after I knot the elastic.Overall, I love these needles and they have made beading a lot easier for me. So for all the people out there that can't see, have bad depth perception, shake, or just can't seem to thread a needle these are perfect.

Thanks to lousy vision, threading a needle is the part I really hate. These are so much easier than a regular needle. I slip a fingernail between the two halves and they open easily.Over time I've noticed a few things:* Yes, they are sharp enough to break skin.* The thread will get damaged if it remains tucked into the spot where the two halves meet for a long time. I move the thread around a little bit every few minutes.* It is possible to break these needles apart if you pull on the thread hard enough. It does take a good amount of effort, though.* They fit through seed beads and my grandmother's pearls.* They are very flexible.* I seem to get a longer life out of the needles if I turn them around now and then. I slide the thread up the length of the needle and continue using the other side as the point. It wears the needle out more evenly.Other beading needles can be cheaper, and depending on what I'm doing I'll use those sometimes. But these are my favorites.

This is the brand my wife was looking for. She was impressed with the extra care take wrapping the needles for shipping

have used them and work very good

Great idea bit confusing at first as I did not realise that you had to pull needle apart to thread it, but it certainly makes it easier

I hadn't realised how thin the needles would be; they can be quite difficult to get through fabrics even if you can work out which is the sharpest end (it's not immediately obvious - unless there isn't supposed to be a sharp end and my packed are half blunt!)It does take some perseverance to open the "eye" of the needle using your finger nails, but it does making threading a lot easier. They are useful as they can pass through very small seed beads.Just a shame they bend so easily as I would have liked to have used them on slightly thicker than basic poly-cotton fabrics (e.g. ruched fabric tape or heavy interfacing) without fear of breaking them.

I am very new to beading and the first time I tried it, I really struggled with a standard beading needle. It bent if I so much as looked at it, and threading it was next to impossible.Then I found these little beauties! They don't bend (well, I guess they will if you put undue pressure on them) and they are so easy to thread. I cannot understand the reviewers who say they can't even see the eye. All you need to do is bend the needle slightly, and you will see that almost the entire length of the needle opens up. You can open it wider with your finger nail, and literally drop the thread into the opening!You can use either end of the needle, and I have learned by trial and error to just leave a very tiny bit of a tail, as the needle does tend to shred the thread after a while, at the "eye". So you just open the needle up, slip the thread out, snip off the shredded bit, rethread, and you are away again.I have given one of the needles to a friend, and she is also thrilled.

I received these needles yesterday - extremely fast shipping! However, within 15 minutes I'd already broken the first needle I used. The way they are constructed is quite clever with the eye running the length of the needle... just don't tug on the string if the needle gets caught! It will break the needle at the tip.