Grandmother invents foolproof sewing needle

A grandmother from Minnesota has solved one of life’s most fiddly domestic tasks by inventing a sewing needle that can be threaded by the clumsiest of hands.



Rather than having to painstakingly wet the end of the thread and pass it through the eye, Pam Turner’s design is foolproof for even the most inept of seamstresses. Her Spiral Eye invention is a stainless steel needle with a gap in the metal on one side of the eye



A loop of thread is draped over the needle and then pulled into the eye before being secured in the normal way. The 57-year-old said she was inspired to redesign the sewing needle, which has seen little change over the centuries, after watching her mother struggle threading the traditional style implement.



She claims that her needle, which costs £3.69, allows users to get sewing within a matter of seconds and can be threaded with your eyes closed. She has refused to disclose her secret about how she made the needle, but admits that it takes more specialised equipment than the traditional needle-making process.