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A 1917 "pat applied for" Boye shuttle. Bit rusty, but still working!.
seller: carol73086 location: USA
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A whopping huge old shuttle. Some sort of old plastic (bakelite?) |
At long last... an English AERO. I can't bring myself to crack the box though...
seller: 2--cents location: British Columbia |
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The infamous "black Aero". Sure enough, as soon as I got it out of its (brand new)packet, the plastic hook broke! No wonder these were short lived.
Please note, it's a well known flaw of this particular shuttle, and the seller is in no way to blame!
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An aluminium English AERO. Very tight
tips.
seller: woolhelmina location: United Kingdom |
A "Pelc" double bobbin shuttle. |
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| Some more of these lovelies. Gotta love lace guild vendor days! | From an Australian Lace Guild lace day. Bought from John Beswick, and I think he made them too. (Little "JB" in the centre post of one.) |
Bought from ebay. Very pretty with nice sharp picks.
seller: lynnweston location: USA |
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| A shuttle commemorating 25 years of the
Australian Lace Guild being in existence. Very kindly given to me by
a Tatting Guild friend seeing as I'd won the "best lace" prize at the show
that year. (Thanks Rosemary!)
Think it's a John Beswick shuttle, same style. |
A "homegrown" shuttle. Got this at a Stitches and Craft show in Caulfield, Melbourne. I think Neil is from Sydney though. Native Olive wood. |
White pearl shell with paui shell dolphin. Same maker as the other paui shell shuttle I have.
seller: kaipaki location: New Zealand |
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| Either bone or ivory, but I'm not game to do any
definitive tests. Found for me by a friend who likes the excuse to
go antique-diving. =)
The tips on this are still tight!
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Possibly tortoiseshell, but I'm not game to do
any definitive tests. Another one from my antique-diving
friend. =)
One thing is for sure, it's HUGE, but definitely a tatting shuttle (points nearly touching).
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Bought from ebay with some nice vintage hankies and threads. Shuttle is new, with a transfer for the flowers.
seller: aktatter location: USA |
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| A pickless "amber" clover. Got this from "Punch with Judy" at a craft show. (Think it comes in twin packs - one silver dot, one gold dot.) |
Old versions of the tortoise-patterned clover shuttles.
seller: pattsattik location: USA |
Older white Susan Bates shuttle. Made in Mexico, but a dead ringer for the old Clovers.
seller: riga31 location: USA
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| A "celtic" metal shuttle. Think I got this from Handy Hands (?). There's brass and bone variations as well. |
My first (and probably last) Webster sterling silver shuttle. Wish I knew who "RMO" was. =)
seller: vvamp location: USA |
A "Royal" shuttle. Basically brass, plated with something. =)
seller: antique-free-for-all location: USA
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"Pumpkinseed" shuttle, bought from ebay. Rather big!
seller: cooperbird location: USA
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Smaller sibling of the pink "pumpkinseed". =)
seller: cooperbird location: USA
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