Several options:
Quilters have a similar problem, and a good place to find a solution is in a
store that sells quilting supplies. One of my favorites is a very thin
leather thimble, with a metal disk embedded where the pins/needle would
stick. There are thick-leather thimbles, too, but they're too cumbersome.
The thin leather ones are called Nimble Thimble, because they don't get in
the way of using the finger for other things (like moving bobbins).
Quilting stores also often have pads that stick onto your finger tip. Some
of these are plastic, and I had poor luck with these--kept falling off--but
other people love them. Others are leather, and I really liked the one I
tried. I don't know the names of these products.
I have also been known to use a regular metal thimble on my middle finger.
The thimble gets in the way of handling bobbins if it's on the "pointer"
finger, but I find I can work OK with it on the next finger over.
I even have a bobbin lace thimble, but don't remember where I got it and
don't like it very much. The part that fits over the finger is wood, and it
has a rod sticking out the end. The tip of this metal rod is depressed, so
it fits over the head of the pin. Great idea, but the rod on mine is too
long. It gets in the way of everything else I do.
Finally, there are *many* pin pushers on the market. These don't attach to
your hand in any way. They're often turned wood, made by the bobbin makers.
They have a rod with a depressed tip (like the lacemaker's thimble) at one
end, and many have a fork for lifting pins at the other end. The
disadvantage of these is you have to pick them up each time, and they're for
pushing the established pin down, not for getting the pin into the
pricking/pillow.
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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I always feel that my right forefinger's skin is getting harder and harder.
Especially when I make fine Bucks Point lace using small headed fine pins(0.
55). I tried Band-Aid as a thimble to protect, but it was too weak and
sticky.
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