centrally contained within planes defining the outer surfaces of the handle the blade 18 is retained within the pocket 36 in the same manner as the aforementioned wire loop by heating the blade above the melting point of the plastic and allowing the heated plastic to flow completely around the edges of the blade not required for cutting yarn the handle 12 also contains a hang hole 20 to accept a lanyard not shown so that the threader can be hung around a person 39 s neck or attached to a needlework project the material from which it is made and the shape of handle 12 were chosen to readily accept printing by conventional means for product identification and for the display of promotional advertising earlier threaders often have handles made of metal which require more costly stamping or embossing other prior art threaders with nonmetallic handles were typically not flat and therefore not as easily imprinted as the threader of the present invention the eyes of tapestry and chenille needles as well as other needles used most often with yarn are elliptical or oval as such the eye has a long axis aligned with the body of the needle in actual use and with particular reference to fig8 and 9 the rectangular loop 14 on one end of the threader 12 is inserted into.