Me neither too Buckwheat. Until last summer I was at a small quilting shop in MO and they had these for about 3.00 that were pliable. they were flexible almost like the new cooking pans that sort of thing. It conforms to my odd shaped fingers I guess they are odd shaped the other thimbles didn't fit them nor would they stay on. Also they come in differnt colors so they are easy to find in the sewing machine drawer. They move and I don't feel like my thimb is wet from sweat or weirded out.