Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Shuttles

I had some comments about weaving with 9 shuttles.
I seem to have gathered that amount (I have some others too) with looms that I have bought and at sales, so most have had a home before I had them :-)
I discovered that all these happen to be Glimakra shuttles.

The ones that I used in the corduroy weaving are these:

You can see how they all vary in size.

Looking from the side you can also see that they differ in height:

making some very light indeed and the lowest ones only take a small amount of yarn on a bobbin.

This shuttle is the highest and heaviest of the ones shown, is open and has rollers at the bottom:


I specially like weaving with this one when it is a wider cloth that I'm weaving.

More shuttles that I like using are these:

I have added the largest and smallest shuttle to give an idea of size. I have been using these double shuttles for some of the corduroy weaving. They also hold the smallest bobbin yarns from Venne,  mini reels. I find this very handy as there are many colours available.

I'm in the proces of winding a warp for deflected double weaving using Venne cotton yarn shown in the link above. With Christmas only a few days away I might not get it finished and warped as I had hoped doing.

Today the temperature is above zero so the snow is melting but there is enough of it (we had more than 20cm fall) so it will take a while for it all to go and temperatures are falling again later.
 Yesterday and today:


Not a good time to go out on the road, when to do my Christmas shopping?!?!?
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2 comments:

  1. Life Looms Large22 December 2009 at 16:37

    Glad to see that your snow is melting!!

    It's interesting to see your different shuttles. I just discovered that mine are Glimakra (like some of your medium sized ones). I need to get a few more - and I want something good for weaving wide. It's good to see your recommendations.

    I still have trouble keeping 2 shuttles straight when I'm weaving. I feel like 9 would be a big tangled mess in my hands.

    Have fun!
    Sue

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  2. Sharon23 December 2009 at 02:13

    It's not yet to freezing but melting enough that the dogs track it in. Interesting post on shuttles. End feed seems to be the rage but I'm determined to be a good weaver with the boat shuttles that I have. I'm learning that weight is important.

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