Sterling silver thimbles

and more.

Tommie Lane

TJ Lane learned metalworking at the University of Arizona in Tucson in the 1960s. She loved the class so much she repeated it three times! TJ taught in public school – English, reading, and more - before she began making jewelry full time. She taught silversmithing privately and at Arizona Western College, and wrote articles for Lapidary Journal and other magazines on silversmithing techniques, including how to make a thimble.

 When TJ started offering her thimbles for sale, quilters, sewers, and collectors were immediately attracted to her beautiful, lightweight, comfortable thimbles and creative sewing tools.

Thimbles are designed in sterling and cast using with the lost wax method. These have a high degree of craftsmanship

Sizing

We use US ring sizes for thimble sizes – fun fact - there are no standard international standard thimble sizes. A jewelry store ring sizer can be used for whole and half sizes. Measure at the base of your nail bed.

A good option is to measure in millimeters. With a strip of paper, about 1/2” wide, wrap it around your finger (snug, not tight), covering the moon of your fingernail. Tape the paper as a ring. Gently pull it off your finger, and cut the circle carefully straight across. Measure the paper length on a ruler with millimeter marks. You can also lay the strip of paper alongside the rule with one end on the zero of the rule and send a photo to us. We can do the math

But wait there’s more! - Measure your finger at the base of the nail for a regular height thimble. Measure between the base of your nail and your first knuckle if the thimble is listed as "tall" in the catalog.

To give you an idea of sizing:

  • 41mm=size 2

  • 42mm=2.25

  • 43mm=2.5

  • 44mm=3

  • 46mm=4

  • 49mm=5

  • 52mm=6

  • 54.5mm=7

  • 56mm=8

  • 60mm=9

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