[Nfb-krafters-korner] using a beading needle and some other info about needles

[Lindy van der Merwe]

Hi Kathy,
I think it might be the kind of needle that, if you feel at its center, it 
opens up into a wide, long loop so you can thread your cord quite easily and 
it will form a flexible point so you can push the beads onto the cord more 
easily.
I have been trying to find these needles over here lately. For some reason 
they seem to be scarce, but I think I have found a source on-line.
I have found I have to be very careful with them since they break easily, 
but I do like them a lot. I have even used them to thread my sewing machine 
once or twice, in the same way one would use  a small wire threader.
I think many people also use normal sewing needles to do beading, depending 
on the thickness and diameter of the needle and beads, etc. of course.
I have also found the self-threading sewing needles to be quite useful for 
beading. These needles have two eyes, the way I understand it. You basically 
hold your thread against the eye of the needle and it is supposed to be 
threaded in one motion. Apart from the normal eye, it also has a hook that 
is pulled open and closes up again when you pull the thread into it.
These needles can vary in quality. Some I have tried works very well while 
with others, the thread kept slipping out of the eye of the needle. These 
needles are also sometimes called one second needles.
I have seen them in packs of 8 with 4 small and 4 large needles.
Very helpful for a quick project and makes threading a needle a breeze once 
you get the hang of it.
HTH and good luck with your project.
Lindy

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 9:19 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] using a beading needle


> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I purchased an item that was advertised to be a beading needle. To me it
> looks like a piece of wire with no holes in it. I am not certain how to 
> use
> this needle? Anyone know?  I have some seed and 4mm beads I was hoping to
> thread onto the magic cord for the bracelet class, but the beads will not
> fit on the cord without a needle and I don't have any needles small enough
> to work.
>
>
>
> These beads do work on the 26 gauge wire however, though I do not really
> want to make a bracelet with wire, but I will if I must. I had planned to
> use the wire for my knitting with beads and wire bracelet.
>
>
>
> Also, Just for your information, I have experimented and found that size 
> 6mm
> beads can be threaded onto the 1mm magic cord without a needle.
> Unfortunately I only have crystal beads of this size that were leftover 
> from
> safety pin beading projects, not enough and probably not pretty enough for 
> a
> bracelet.
>
> Wish I'd purchased larger beads. <sigh> in any case, if anyone knows how 
> to
> use the beading needle, I will give it a try with the magic cord.
>
>
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
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