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Karen Maslowski wrote:
From my perspective, those aren't tiny hands at all. I wear a size 3 1/2 ring, and the only thimble that fits was my grandmother's. Everyone in my mother's family has fine bones, and small hands and tiny feet. I'm a comparative clodhopper, with a size 6 shoe. For someone my height-- 5'7" --it's ridiculous to have such wee tootsies. One of my grandmothers was tiny...maybe 4'7". very petite, and had nine children. The other was 5'6" or 7" and hands which could easily cover a dinner plate. I think I took after her. My right hand ring-finger size is 8 or 8 1/2, and I can never find *nice* leather gloves which fit. Except men's... This thimble topic is fascinating. I've also never wondered how they sized them before. Thanks for bringing it up! My pleasure. It would never have come up if I had not been given a Very Large Hint by my DD about what DSIL would like for his birthday in February. -- Beverly delete no spam and .invalid to reply |
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Karen Maslowski wrote:
Ah, that clarifies the DSIL--I was thinking your sister-in-law had extremely large hands, Bev! Karen Maslowski in Ohio Oops, I guess clarification is needed on some of the acronyms. *I'm* the one with large hands (for a woman)... -- Beverly delete no spam and .invalid to reply |
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"BEI Design" wrote in message ... [posted to both sewing groups] Just a follow-up: we celebrated DSIL's birthday today, and he was delighted with the thimbles I found for him. I purchased two leather thimbles from sailrite.com, and ordered two closed top from another supplier, but they shipped open-top. Since they weren't too expensive, (the shipping exceeded the cost), I decided to let him decide whether or not he wanted to keep them. He's going to test them out and let me know. Thanks everyone for all the good information and links, I'm a hit with DSIL. ;-) -- Beverly delete no spam and .invalid to reply |
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