If not, don't despair. Maybe you can use my solution.
For a long while I have put one of the little metal needle threaders that come with sewing kits, or can be bought separately through the eye of the sewing-machine needle and threaded it that way.
But, oh dear, the combination of a cataract and shaky fingers is making it hard to get the thread through the little threader once I have finally got it through the eye of the needle.
Then an idea dawned, I tried it and it worked. So here it is for others to try too.
Insert the needle threader in the machine needle (and no, I have not found an easy way to do this step).
With the upper thread in place all the way down to the thread holder above the needle, thread the thread through the eye of a darning needle (see photo) and draw the darning needle all the way through the threader.
Make sure you have a good length of thread coming through the threader when you draw the thread out of the eye of the darning needle, then use the needle threader as you usually do.
The darning needle and thread must pass between the closed end of the wire of the threader and the needle of the machine for this to work.
I hope these directions are clear enough.
You can also use the darning needle to pass the thread through the thread holders on the side of the machine if stiff or shaky fingers makes inserting sewing cotton hard to do.
