Weaving Shuttle

Choosing the right shuttle when starting your next weaving project can make or break your experience—and sometimes affect your selvedges too! In this blog post, Amanda Rataj shares some of the things she considers when choosing what shuttle to use.

I finally found a great source for hardwood besides oak and poplar not far from me called Hardwood products. I made the trip on Tuesday and bought some Tiger/curly Maple, Hard Maple, Black Walnut and African Mahogany. Some 2 inches thick which is perfect for shuttles. I've made a new 9 inch shuttle out of Oak, Pine and now Black Walnut. Today I'm planning on making one in Hard Maple. Here are my new boat shuttles. My new boat shuttle for an inkle loom. They are rather thin with a beating…

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Two vintage Draper Tru-Flight shuttles in very good condition, both about 16" long end to end.

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I've received some questions on how to best wrap these mini stick shuttles that are in the shop. So in this post I'm going to share my preferred method. Before we get into the details, I first wanted to talk about weaving shuttles in general. There are many different shapes and sizes to shuttles. They

The flying shuttle is a machine that represented an important step toward automatic weaving . It was invented by John Kay in 1733. In previous looms, the shuttle was thrown, or passed, through the threads by hand, and wide fabrics required two weavers seated side by side passing the shuttle between them. Kay mounted his shuttle on wheels in a track and used paddles to shoot the shuttle from side to side when the weaver jerked a cord. Using the flying shuttle, one weaver could weave fabrics…

In 1733, John Kay invented the flying shuttle, an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster and contributed to the Industrial Revolution.

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