A shuttle is a tool designed to neatly and compactly store a holder that carries the thread of the weft yarn while

weaving Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal ...

with a

loom A loom is a device used to weaving, weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the Warp (weaving), warp threads under tension (mechanics), tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of ...

. Shuttles are thrown or passed back and forth through the

shed A shed is typically a simple, single-storey (though some sheds may have two or more stories and or a loft) roofed structure, often used for storage, for hobby, hobbies, or as a workshop, and typically serving as outbuilding, such as in a bac ...

, between the yarn threads of the warp in order to weave in the weft. The simplest shuttles, known as "stick shuttles", are made from a flat, narrow piece of wood with notches on the ends to hold the weft yarn. More complicated shuttles incorporate bobbins or pirns. In the United States, shuttles are often made of wood from the flowering dogwood, because it is hard, resists splintering, and can be polished to a very smooth finish. In the United Kingdom shuttles were usually made of boxwood, cornel, or persimmon.

Gallery

File:Lautanauha weaving.jpg, No shuttle; just passing a ball of yarn through the shed. Tablet weaving, Finland. File:StickShuttle.jpg, Large stick shuttle File:Stick shuttles.jpg, Two stick shuttles, 24" and 16" long, both wound with 8/2 yarns File:'Schütze' des Honegger-Webstuhls von 1860 - Amthaus Rüti 2011-01-21 15-20-30.JPG, Rüti (Switzerland): loom built by in 1860, exposed in the former Rüti Abbey's File:Shuttle with bobbin.JPG, Threading a bobbin shuttle File:Shuttle for silk weaving. Khotan, Xinjiang. 2010.jpg, Shuttle for silk weaving. Khotan, Xinjiang. 2010

References

* Chandler, Deborah (1995). ''Learning to Weave'', Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press LLC.

External links

Pak Shuttle Company (Pvt) Ltd.
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