Originally Posted by weezie
I've had an Aunt Becky for several years and cannot keep it on my finger, quite possibly because I don't use a hoop or a frame; Jean Brown does her Aunt Becky demo. using a hoop. Anyway, it's not so much my left hand finger (underneath the quilt) that gets hurt; it's my ring finger on my right hand that takes a beating. I use it a lot to assist the middle finger that has the thimble on it. I can't wear 2 thimbles on one hand and have tried various things to protect that finger, but with little or no success.
You might try finding a thimble with really big, deep dimples. Those big, deep dimples control the needle so that you don't have to use an unprotected finger to assist.
A Thimblelady plastic cone thimble is about $15 and is sturdy enough to last for a couple quilts, which gives you plenty of time to see if you like it well enough to get the more expensive metal versions.