Shuttle (weaving)
Shuttle with bobbin "Shuttle craft" redirects here. For the science fiction spaceship type, see Shuttlecraft. A shuttle is a tool designed to neatly and compactly store a holder that carries the thread of the weft yarn while weaving with a loom. Shuttles are thrown or passed back and forth through the shed, 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. Large stick shuttle Rüti (Switzerland): loom built Honegger & Cie. [de] in 1860, exposed in the former Rüti Abbey's Bailiff's house [de] Threading a bobbin shuttle In the United States shuttles are often made of wood from the Flowering Dogwood, because it is so hard, resists splintering, and can be poli...