14/09/2026
🇬🇧THE THIMBLE
Because I have a thing about them…🫠
There is no certain record of who invented the thimble, or exactly when it first appeared.
What we do know is that it is very old. Some of the earliest known thimble-like objects date back more than 2,000 years.
Its purpose was simple: to protect the finger and help push the needle through fabric.
For centuries, thimbles were made by hand. Then, in the late 17th century, John Lofting, a Dutch metalworker in London, became one of the first to produce thimbles on an industrial scale.
But perhaps what fascinates me most is not who made the first one.
It is the journey.
They have been held, used, worn and passed from one hand to another. They carry traces of work, time and lives we will never know.
Walker, there is no path,
the path is made by walking.
And perhaps that is what I see in them: not simply objects, but little pieces of a journey.
What if a thimble could be art, and art could be worn?
🪶By DULi🪡