Thimble

A thimble is a protective shield worn on the finger or thumb. It is generally used for sewing while pushing a needle through the fabric or leather as it was being sewn. However, they have gained many other uses.

Thimbles are usually made of metal, leather, rubber and wood or even glass or china. Early thimbles were sometimes made of whale bone, horn or ivory. Natural sources were also utilized such as Connemara marble, bog oak (沼泽橡木) , or mother of pearl. Rarer works from thimble makers utilized diamonds, sapphires or rubies.

Started to collect thimbles since UK's trip. Found it to be very unique and symbolic just like stamp collecting. Most of the thimbles that I have now are made of china and metal, few are wood and pewter. I have 34 pieces of thimbles in my glass cabinet, most of them were from my UK's & Europe's trip, the rest were souvenirs from my sister and a friend.