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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Really need to get my eyes checked. Sat down to do a quick pile of mending and spent 90% of the time failing to thread a needle.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do the the trusty toothbrush tango - that's what I do nowadays. Damn getting ooooold - its the little things that really get to me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That’s a new one to me. Looks a bit awkward for a machine, but am totally going to try it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was having that problem, and eventually realised I need to take my glasses *off to be able to see close up now. I'm now both short sighted and long sighted, making finding a point at which I can actually see clearaly quite tricky.

I have been using needle threaders for hand sewing which I never used to need, and replaced my sewing machine with a model that has a needle threader built in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I needed glasses as a kid, so the likely hood now isn’t a great surprise. Some of those little wire gizmos are probably in the house somewhere or other

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I was having that problem, and eventually realised I need to take my glasses *off to be able to see close up now. I’m now both short sighted and long sighted, making finding a point at which I can actually see clearaly quite tricky.

Design flaw that having both doesn't cause them to cancel out, really.