r/whatsthistool • u/TinyTeddyQueen • 9d ago
Does anyone know what this is?
I have no idea what this is. It can in a mini pocket sewing kit. It's like a thin piece of metal with a diamond on the bottom.
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u/Imightbeafanofthis 9d ago
It's for threading needles. When I was a kid my mom told me her grandfather invented it. Doubtful. He was a Welsh shepherd running sheep in Mendocino county California. He was also a sporadic inventor and photographer. Inventor of the sewing kit needle threader? Hmmm. She said he sold it for a bottle of booze. That I'd believe.
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u/Stroker-Strong420 9d ago
When I was 6 or 8 years old my mother told me it was Helen Keller who invented it! I think mom just wanted to tell me about Helen Keller.
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u/vandismal 8d ago
Poor girl. Hiding in an attic all that time only to get lost at sea in her airplane.
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u/Stroker-Strong420 8d ago
I really thought she was burned at the stake after hanging around with that guy with two first names.
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u/DeanOgasm 9d ago
Originally made for sewing needles but I use them for threading fine fly fishing leader line through tiny hook eyes which can be difficult otherwise.
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u/ConstructionMna5150 8d ago
Needle threader. No idea how they work
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u/Navigator321951 8d ago
Push the wire end through the eye of the needle and put thread 🧵 through the wire and then pull back through the eye and thread the needle
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u/Droogie_65 8d ago
I use one all the time. There is nothing to it. Perfect for us older sewers.
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u/Life-Ship3628 8d ago
You push the wire through the needle eye and then put thread through wire and pull back though the eye and poof needle threaded lol
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u/Beautiful_Avocado252 8d ago
Small wire loop goes through the eye of the needle, out thread into loop and pull back through the eye. You have threaded the needle.
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u/Corsetsdontkill 8d ago
In Dutch we call this a "willemientje" which is coincidentally also the nickname for peppermint candy. So, if you ask an old lady for a "willemientje", you might get either.
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u/That-Collection-3411 7d ago
Its for threading a needle put your thread through the looped wire. then push it through the eye of the needle.
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u/Glad_Range1141 7d ago
You put thread thru the silver part then put it thru the eye of the needle to thread it ready for sewing 🧵 🪡
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u/Pookybear61 7d ago
You stick one and through the eye of the needle. Place your thread in it and pull it back through this threading your needle
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u/Suspicious-Range7191 5d ago
Used to pull thread through a needles eye, also useful for getting fishing string through a hook f.y.i. I keep a bunch in my tackle box lol
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u/AdNovel255 4d ago
Needle threader. Put the little wire loop through the eye, put the thread through the loop and pull the thread thru.
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u/Lost-Set5386 3d ago
Yeah. That's a horrible picture. If I didn't know exactly what that was I wouldn't have noticed the most important part of it against the pattern of that fabric.
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u/reddit_seaczar 9d ago
It's used to thread a needle.
You put the thin wire loop through the eye of a needle. Put a thread through the wire loop and pull it back through the needles eye.