When I first learned to thread a needle, my grandmother gave me a small thimble and said I couldn't sew without it. I said I couldn't work it. She said yes I could because she didn't want to listen to me wailing about having a hurt finger. LOL. I use two when sewing binding on the quilt. One on the middle finger of my needle hand and one on my thumb on the opposite hand. I tend to stick myself in that thumb when sewing binding.