Embroidery
A tailor's thimble is an early form of thimble, consisting of a broad ring of metal or comparable, hard material, with small, dot-shaped indentations. It does not have a crown or top. They are usually worn in the middle (middle phalange region) of a finger or thumb.
A takaburi needle is a four-sided pointed tool with a slender handle. It is used to align floss silk threads in some forms of Japanese embroidery.
A tambour hook is a very fine hook housed in a wooden or metal handle, which is used to create a chain stitch while working tambour embroidery or tambour lace. In India, tambour embroidery is called ari embroidery and is carried out with an ari hook, which is comparable, but not identical to a tambour hook. The technique of creating the chain stitch is the same.
In some publications no difference is made between a tambour hook and an ari hook, especially as these hooks are only slightly different in shape and both are used for similar types of embroidery as well as beading. Both hooks, for example, are used in a similar way for chain stitch embroidery.
A tapestry needle is a form of needle with a long eye, which can take thick or multi-stranded embroidery threads. This type of needle is normally between 4-6 cm in length and slightly thicker at the eye end to prevent the embroidery thread from rubbing and wearing while in use.
A thimble is a bell or ring shaped sheath with a hard substance, such as bone, leather, metal or wood. It is worn on the tip or middle of a finger or thumb to help push a needle while sewing and to protect the finger/thumb from being pricked. Many thimbles are pitted to help hold the needle in place. Thimbles made of precious stones, mother-of-pearl, glass or porcelain are usually for decorative, rather than functional purposes.
A thimble ring (or ring thimble) is a very early form of thimble, consisting of a broad ring of metal or a comparable, hard material, with small, dot-shaped indentations. It is usually worn in the middle (middle phalange region) of a finger or thumb. Thimble rings are used to push a needle (usually horizontally) while sewing. It does not have a crown or top.
A thimblette is a thimble made of rubber rather than ceramic, metal, wood, etc. Thimblettes are 'officially' made and used by people working with paper, such as documents and banknotes, rather than as a sewing thimble. However, more and more quilters are using thimblettes, so this form of thimble is sometimes sold together with conventional thimbles, especially via the internet.