Today I have been pulling off little bits of skin that have died
around the non-callous hole in my middle finger tip. I'll be vaseline-
ing again tonight. I'll also ask one of my nephews to supply me with
some betadine packs next time he comes to town. From all the reading
of all the non-thimble items, there are many to try out. jennellh

On May 8, 12:21*pm, "Val" wrote:
I never could keep a thimble on my finger(s). I found a leather thimble
years ago that actually worked for me. It's leather but there's a metal
shield inside it for 'pushing'. Here's the closest to what looks like what I
usehttp://www.clotilde.com/detail.html?code=396912. NAYY

I have three, middle finger, ring finger and thumb. Depending on what I'm
doing I sometimes wear all three at once. If you just hang in there and use
it for awhile the very soft, thin leather conforms to your finger and you
don't even realize you're wearing it. Better to get a smaller size, they
stretch at first. *Has an opening on top so your finger nail doesn't bash
against the inside. I even sometimes wear one on my right index finger and I
can still handle a needle. I love these!

Also, a trick shown me by a nurse during an extended hospital stay. I was
doing a lot of hand embroidery (forgot my thimbles) and my fingers and thumb
were pretty chewed up and so-o-o-o sore. She dabbed my finger tips and thumb
with straight liquid Betadine during her night shift. In the morning my
fingers were not only healed and not at all sore but they seemed to
be...umm.. 'tougher'...for lack of a better word. I have a little bottle of
Betadine I keep in my sewing stuff just to dab chewed up and punctured
fingers, heals really fast and they don't get sore. I also got some little
foil wrapped Betadine swabs from my doctor, I keep these in my embroidery
box, handy for punctures when you aren't at home. *Just something you might
give a try.

Val

"jennellh" wrote in message

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I am looking for a thimble substitute since I have never been able to
hand sew with one! *While stitching down the binding on the yellow
table runner, I managed to puncture a hole through my right index
finger nail - I was using the backside of that nail to push the needle
through the hem and naturally after making the hole, the needle kept
poking through it. *I need more calcium! *When I was doing more hand
sewing, I had an almost-permanent needle callous on my right middle
finger tip that was very useful. *I guess that I am looking for an
finger callous substitute and not a thimble? *Any suggestions??
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