While cleaning my sewing room today, I found this gourd tatting shuttle that I thought I had lost. It was safely tucked away in a box of thread.
I love the artwork, something I have no talent for!
I also found my Zoom Loom! The Zoom Loom makes 4" squares, and it has a couple of features that I really like. First the wide plastic base makes it easy to hold. Second, there is a slit in the plastic to hold the yarn when beginning the warping process. I like having the slit, because I don't have to take out a slip knot when I finish weaving. It makes it much easier to hide the ends.
Last year I purchased this box on Amazon. It's meant to hold art chalk. I removed the dividers and the spongy liner, and then I lined the drawers with blue felt.
The drawers are very shallow, so the shuttles tend to catch a little if I don't pull the drawers out slowly, keeping them level.
I could store many more shuttles in these drawers if I removed the shuttles from the packaging.
However, I wanted to keep them in the packages in case the shuttles become collectible! ;-)
In case you didn't count the Emsy Jane shuttles, there were 21. Yes, there are more shuttles to come!
Gorgeous shuttle - don't know why, but the artwork reminds me of native Indian art (totem poles, masks and such).
ReplyDeleteI think there are 44 in this post, bringing the present total to over 400 (405 to be exact) :-)
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DeleteOh love that gourd shuttle I may try making one of those some day :)
ReplyDeleteA agree the gourd shuttle is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love your gourd shuttle it's beautiful,
ReplyDeleteLovely box to keep your shuttles in, I think you have an example of every shuttle there is or made.
More lovely squares for flowers.
The gourd shuttle is beautiful, I'm glad it turned up. Such a lot of work on a tiny surface.
ReplyDeleteThat is a neat looking shuttle!! :)
ReplyDeleteI am thinking we should re-name you the Shuttle collector and expert! ;)
Like minds!!! I too have found a pin loom. It was in a box at a sale. I've had great fun working up patterns from a PDF. The next batch has lots of floats that I'm thinking will make a great background for some tatting.
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