Thimble Gripper

A flexible thimble gripper comprising a flexible elastomeric strip terminating in an elastomeric dome formed thereupon at one end thereof, projecting from said strip in one direction, said dome having a friction enhancing surface formed on an outer surface thereof, said strip having an elastomeric thimble formed at the opposite end thereof, said thimble projecting therefrom in said one direction and having a rigid polymeric cap joined thereto, said cap terminating in a region having a slip resistant surface formed therein, said cap being cutaway on a surface contiguous with the surface of said dome upon which said friction enhancing surface is formed, a friction enhancing surface being formed on said elastomeric band in the region adjacent said cutaway, said dome and said thimble being adapted to be mounted upon a thumb and a finger of a user's hand so that a needle may be pushed into material by pressure from the slip resistant surface and drawn from said material when gripped between the friction enhancing surface of said dome and the friction enhancing surface formed on said elastomeric band in the region adjacent said cutaway in said cap.