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I have always had trouble threading the needle of any sewing machine. I only recently learned of these little contraptions, and purchased this one because of the reviewers stating, "it worked every time." Threading that tiny eye only takes mere seconds now. As others have noted, the instructions are sketchy. Try it a few times and you'll have it down and rarely, if ever again, have frustration with this necessary task. Once I was successful, I kept practicing for a while, just because it was rather fun. My only complaint is there are no protective caps on the "working end." I would have appreciated clear caps, like the seam rippers have, since an unknowing child or adult might break this in their personal quest to play with your stuff. For those, like myself, who want detailed instructions, here are mine. It is much easier to do, then to read about; but I also attached some photos: Sit at your machine and have some decent lighting on the needle area. 1)At the busy end (the instructions call it the "Y" section, but it is really more of a cross of slots), hold the implement so either arrow (the arrows are the same color as the handle and hard to see, I'll probably dot mine with red with nail polish) are vertically aligned (up and down). 2)Then slide a section of your thread into a somewhat deep horizontal slot, push it back into the device and having it taunt can be helpful). 3)Now, place the busy end (with the slotted thread) onto the face of the sewing machine needle, slowly sliding downward WHILE slightly pushing it into the needle shaft. When the eye of the needle is engaged, gently push. This will have the plastic cross move back into the handle, and expose a flat, metal wire/stick, that will push the thread through the eye of the needle, forming a small loop. 4)You can try to grasp the loop, or wait, but SLOWLY, release the tension by pulling back (away from the needle) on the device. Slow is critical here, really. You manually pull the loop of thread back through the needle, using a little hook they have on the end of the gadget, or whatever device you like, (I personally use a seam ripper, the same thing I use to pull a much larger loop through from the machine bobbins). Viola! It ONLY TAKES SECONDS and you're threaded again. Happy sewing.